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The East facing Lounge makes use of fiddleback sycamore wall panels edged with copper trim and a small display unit incorporating an electric fire place . Further finishes include gilded cork wall paper on open walls , faux silk wall paper inside the display unit and directional polished plaster on the ceiling . The cinema room design has a full height lacquered joinery piece again making use of horsehair panels on the doors and the walls are in a combination of faux silk wall covering and real suede panels all in a strong cobalt blue .
Bedroom 2 is a smaller room with a single floor to ceiling wall to wall head board with integrated reading lights and AV controls . This room also benefits from a separate walk in wardrobe and en suite . Bedroom 4 is slightly bigger and combines a full height panelled headboard with a grass cloth wall covering , a pure wool carpet and a small light pippy oak AV wall unit . Finally , bedroom 5 is the second of the two master
bedrooms . Here the award winning London interior design studio created a gilded and lacquered AV wall unit , a full height headboard in ‘ hair on hide ’ and we hung the walls in light patterned wallpaper . The floor has a pure wool carpet and there is a large en suite .
The guest WC combines lacquered and gilded timber wall panels with metalized cork wall covering on a feature wall as well as the ceiling . Further accents include the honey onyx basin and the Nero Porturo vanity top as well as Belgian Black granite wall panels edged in bronze trim .
The final discipline was the FF & E . The client was looking for statement pieces as well as proprietary items . Again it was important to maximise contrast to avoid creating an ‘ understated ’ look so many of the pieces make use of several contrasting finishes and colours . Quite a few of the larger items were bespoke including the niche dresser opposite the Study , the dining table as well as the large ottoman behind the sofa . So too were all of the upholstered goods and some of the ottomans . To complete the scheme , René Dekker added proprietary items from well-known brands which included small tables , lamps and some upholstered items and the rugs were also hand made to order in specially chosen colours . Window treatment and soft furnishings were painstakingly chosen to compliment the scheme . Once the schemes were fully implemented the client requested René dekker to source and present the art and accessories . The final choices for the art include a combination of pieces from the client ’ s own country as well as UK artists . Accessories were sourced locally as well as from abroad to include hand blown glass items from Murano , pottery from Cornwall and leather goods from the USA .
René Dekker Design Limited , 35 Redcliffe Gardens , London , SW10 9BH T : + 44 ( 0 ) 20 7036 1699 | www . renedekker . co . uk
Photography by Adam Letch