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showrooms such as Schumacher, Turnell & Gigon and Pierre Frey. “Saying that, I think there’s a time to be together and a time to be apart. Whether Covid shone a light on that, or we have an inherent need for privacy and sense of purpose in a room, it’s about being able to carve out a space where someone can be themselves: a snug, a television room, a place to read a book. Those rooms are determined by personality and interest; the more of a blank canvas you’ve got, the more you can exercise that expression of oneself from a decorating perspective.” It's a sentiment that was echoed during Focus/24 when
Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour held a talks session about living rooms. Michael Diaz-Griffith, executive director and CEO of the Design Leadership Network, spoke about celebrating it as an individual space, with its own story to tell. In Soames' house, for instance, she is a fan of both open-plan living and separation. “Our television room is somewhere we spend time when it’s
“IT’S ABOUT BEING ABLE TO CARVE OUT A SPACE WHERE SOMEONE CAN BE THEMSELVES: A SNUG, A TELEVISION ROOM, A PLACE TO READ A BOOK”
cold and we want to hunker down and light a fire. In spring, we gravitate towards spaces with a more inside- outside feel and I think you decorate accordingly in terms of colour and texture.” One room that lends itself to be furnished more
personally than others is a home study. “It depends on the type of house but for studies, which I’ve done a lot of recently, we tend to use simple textures and colours, perhaps a silk wallpaper,” continues Bray, whose favourite Design Centre showrooms include George Spencer Designs and Elitis. “You don’t want too much in the way of big prints if someone is going to spend six hours a day there.” Managing director of Tim Page Carpets, Grant Dewar, has also seen an uptick in studies. “We’re finding that in rooms like these, which can be seen in isolation, people are being bolder, not just in their choice of colour but with materials too, such as using interesting dyed jutes.” Both decoratively and personally, then, it seems that sometimes it’s good to simply have your own space.
ABOVE LEFT Bespoke lacquered bookshelves in the library of a house in Chelsea. Interior designer and antique dealer Adam Bray, who devised this scheme, is firmly in the camp for more intimate layouts LEFT For a house in Mustique,
Philip Vergeylen of Paolo Moschino Ltd included the studio’s own ‘Rabat’ rattan chairs. The designer says that he likes to include both formal and informal dining spaces in a home wherever possible
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