Page 65 - Homes amp Gardens UK February 2021

In Nina’s sitting room,
colourful paintings by
Kate Corbett Winder
and Fiona McAlpine
hang above a chest of
drawers by Birgit Israel

NINA CAMPBELL

Throughout the house, which has been Nina Campbell’s home for 15 years, there’s a mix of practicality

and decisiveness, of warmth and comfort, indicative of her general approach to design. Nina has used
mirrors liberally and in unexpected places – slivers between bookcases, within and around a fireplace,
and framed on a column. As the ceilings on the ground floor are quite low, she decided to paint them in
gloss, which allows the light to shimmer and bounce off them, giving an illusion of space. As someone

whose design projects have included a house in Amman for a member of the Jordanian royal family, it is
not surprising that Nina’s own home is anything but ordinary. ‘This used to be the studio
for the famous sculptor Frank Dobson, who lived next door,’ she says.

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