{"id":120827,"date":"2025-05-21T21:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T21:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/120827\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T21:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T21:33:10","slug":"irene-fortes-london-townhouse-is-a-masterclass-in-earthy-minimalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/120827\/","title":{"rendered":"Irene Forte\u2019s London Townhouse Is a Masterclass in Earthy Minimalism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irene Forte<\/a>, her husband Felix Winckler, and their two children moved into a townhouse on a quiet block in London\u2019s Kensington neighborhood just over a year ago. But she\u2019s felt connected to that address for far longer: \u201cThe street I am on is the street where my primary school was, where I went from the age of three to 11,\u201d she says. \u201cIt feels a little like going back in time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The interiors are very much of the moment, however. Enlisting the help of designer Alice Gyllenkrok, Forte created a home that she describes as \u201cminimalist but still cozy.\u201d Prints and patterns a few and far between, but modern marble furniture abounds. The walls, meanwhile, are covered in polished plaster.<\/p>\n

Photo: Genevieve Lutkin<\/p>\n

Forte, who is the founder of the eponymous skincare line Irene Forte Skincare<\/a>, always knew she wanted a palette of earth tones in her house\u2014she uses the same tones for her branding, drawn to the sense of calm it provides. Her kitchen features a gentle eggshell, while her bedroom is swathed in a soothing flax yellow with ochre accents; a bathroom, meanwhile, boasts burnt umber. Natural accents are dotted throughout. (Many of them are courtesy of Irene\u2019s mother, who regularly drops off blooms and branches from her garden in Surrey.) \u201cIt is quite a clean space,\u201d says Forte. \u201cLots of greens and earthy tones,\u201d says Forte.<\/p>\n