Page 31 - Homes amp Gardens UK February 2021

BEDROOM
This guest space is
a timber-encased
haven of calm.
Loaf’s Piper headboard
is similar. Consider the
easy-to-fit paper ceiling
shade, House by John
Lewis.Vintage leather
Safari chair by Wilhelm
Kienzle for Wohnbedarf,
Vinterior. For a ceramic
side table, try La Redoute

BEDROOM INSIDER INSIGHT
With its pitched ceiling, Fran Derham shares her style inspiration and loves
low-lying bed and a
cubby for coffee, this is GO-TO COLOUR I choose a colour according to
the ideal place to escape a house’s ‘purpose’ – if it’s a beach house, it’s shades of
with a good book. blue. If it’s a country house, I go with browns and greens.
Piglet sells similar
SMALL CHANGE, BIG IMPACT Turning
linen bedding
the powder room under the stairs into the pantry. I don’t
know what I would have done with all the food!

MUSEUM TO VISIT Musée d’Orsay in Paris or
the Dia:Beacon in New York. Having studied art history,

I love the Impressionists and the art of en plein air; by
contrast, I like Dan Flavin, Richard Serra and Sol LeWitt.
WHERE DO YOU FIND INSPIRATION

In the water – in the ocean or in the shower – are places
where ideas flow.

NEXT GAME CHANGER IN DESIGN

David Attenborough – his latest film and the changes
that will (hopefully) follow. Design should be in response

to a problem – it’s a solution. Every decision we make
needs to be about creating a better future.
YOUR STYLE IN THREE WORDS

Classic, comfortable, with a touch of rock ’n’ roll.

WORDS TO LIVE BY ‘Pour yourself a drink,
put on some lipstick and pull yourself together,’
Elizabeth Taylor.

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