Bridge For Design Summer 2014 Bridge For Design Summer 2014 Issue

The dining room feels European, with walls covered in a chinoiserie wallpaper and the ceiling dominated by a 19th-century French chandelier You started out designing fabric and furniture for Nicholas Haslam in London, and eventually bought the company. How is it that you became an interior designer? room, like the rug, then the sofas and chairs in simple colours and simple fabrics. More and more people started coming into the showroom saying ‘This is the look I want for my house’ – so I started doing houses! Tell me about your thought process as you laid out the kitchen and dining areas. time zones away. How did you begin? The house was completely gutted. I did things like raising the height before I start. When I walked into the living room I decided to start 190 Bridge for Design Summer 2014 This is a young family so I didn’t want it to be super traditional, or too modern, either. It is a compromise between the two, a classical feel, I think. And the idea of a formal dining room is a joke, anyway. You should be able to use every single room every day. I like to cook, and so does this client. When I have friends over, I don’t like to be in the kitchen, hearing everyone in other rooms having fun. That’s why we made this kitchen much bigger than it was originally, and we

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