{"id":910651,"date":"2026-04-22T07:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/910651\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:57:18","slug":"a-magnificent-former-artists-house-in-west-london-harmonised-with-colour-and-texture-by-anna-haines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/910651\/","title":{"rendered":"A magnificent former artist’s house in west London harmonised with colour and texture by Anna Haines"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bespoke sofa covered in a mossy green linen from de Le Cuona followed, plus a red ottoman. In the two bedrooms on the first floor, curtains<\/a> and headboards in colourful fabrics, antique furniture and vintage textiles perform a similar role, lending the modern architecture a historic sensibility.<\/p>\n

\u2018The owners had old photos of what was originally the artist\u2019s studio and is now their bedroom,\u2019 says Anna. \u2018It was incredible and so layered \u2013 that approach fundamentally drove the textures, colours and textiles in each space.\u2019 With its double-height ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows and a spectacular curation of works of art \u2013 which includes a Damien Hirst diptych and a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting \u2013 the top-floor evoked both awe and an acute sense of trepidation for Anna. \u2018I could not believe the light, the height and the extraordinary window that\u00a0 overlooks the park,\u2019 she recalls. \u2018I had never walked into a space like that before.\u2019<\/p>\n

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The iroko wood panelling by Alex Findlater showcases photographic artworks from the owners\u2019 collection, including by Hiroshi Sugimoto and Bernd & Hilla Becher, and Nude in Seaweed, Saint-Tropez, 1981, by Helmut Newton.<\/p>\n

Michael Sinclair<\/p>\n

A palette of bold, solid colours in this room \u2013 most visible in the geometric bespoke rug from A Rum Fellow \u2013 introduces a sense of \u2018mid-century meets contemporary\u2019 style, she notes, pointing out that the curved silhouettes of the owners\u2019 vintage Jean Roy\u00e8re armchairs and a new custom-made sofa help to soften the otherwise linear space.<\/p>\n

\u2018Lorenzo and the owner had decided to paint<\/a> most of the walls in an off-white, which makes a great backdrop for the art,\u2019 Anna notes. She managed to convince the husband that just one room \u2013 the upstairs drawing room, in which the panelling is listed \u2013 could benefit from colour on the walls. So she commissioned the paint specialist Henry van der Vijver, who created a tactile, many-layered lacquer finish. \u2018The owners have since said how much they enjoy just sitting quietly there. The paint effect brings a certain depth and texture to the walls and, even though the room is large, it feels as though it envelops you in a nice way,\u2019 she adds.<\/p>\n

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A yellow-glass-topped oak table by the Brazilian designer Joaquim Tenreiro plays off the Damien Hirst canvas, Morphine Sulphate, 1993.<\/p>\n

Michael Sinclair<\/p>\n

Much like in the rest of the house, the art in this room sits in perfect harmony with its decoration: some new, some old. It watches over as life happily unfolds around it. And isn\u2019t that exactly what good design is all about?<\/p>\n

Anna Haines: annahaines.co.uk<\/a> | DOS Architects: dosarchitects.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bespoke sofa covered in a mossy green linen from de Le Cuona followed, plus a red ottoman.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":910652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,87365,110576,217079,393,4884,241969,231806,257,87364,87366,16,15],"class_list":["post-910651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-britain","tag-city-houses","tag-city-houses-with-contemporary-interiors","tag-contemporary-city","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-hg101","tag-houses-with-curb-appeal","tag-london","tag-london-houses","tag-modern-houses","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116447297505194443","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}