Notting Hill Rhapsody

A period home, reimagined around the family living in it.

Set behind the grand facade of a Victorian mansion house in Notting Hill, this project began where the architects' work ended.

M. and J. had just completed an ambitious rear extension, and the house was polished, generous and entirely impersonal. Their brief was refreshingly clear: give it its personality back, and make it a place they were genuinely excited to fill with friends, family and their three children.

We gave every floor its own energy: a Latin American-inspired cinema room and bar below ground for weekend rituals, a boldly coloured dining room built around a bespoke table and credenza for a family who live for entertaining, a souk-inspired library full of character, and a master bedroom wrapped in Japanese inspired wallpaper as a quiet cocoon at the top of the house.

The result is a home where every room tells its own story, yet the whole house reads as one confident, cohesive statement; proof that bold and elegant were never mutually exclusive.

Sketch of a bedroom
Pink dining room in Notting Hill with rooflight, floor-to-ceiling sheer curtains, fluted oak dining table, and fluted sideboard styled with a plaster head sculpture
Pink dining room in Notting Hill with marble oval table, fluted oak base, red leather chairs, black-and-white gallery wall and sculptural pendant light
Pink dining room in Notting Hill with fluted oak sideboard, vintage ski photography print, sculptural pendant light and marble dining table
Navy library snug in Notting Hill with built-in bookshelves, curved velvet armchairs, marble coffee table and herringbone oak flooring, framed by patterned curtains
Detail of a stacked ceramic bead floor lamp beside a burgundy polka-dot velvet curtain against a deep plum wall in a Notting Hill living room
Burgundy sitting room in Notting Hill with navy scalloped velvet armchairs, marble sphere coffee table and cross-motif rug against deep plum walls
Arched black-framed mirror in a Notting Hill staircase hallway reflecting the palm-print basement cinema room, beside a traditional dark wood banister
Terracotta basement cinema room with tropical palm mural, brass ceiling light and cream velvet sofa
Close-up of geometric embroidered cushion in mustard, terracotta and olive tones styled with rust velvet cushions on a cream sofa, palm-print wallpaper behind
Home gym in Notting Hill with dark green cabinetry, multi-gym equipment, kettlebells and Crittall-style doors opening onto a garden
Notting Hill hallway with panelled walls, green herringbone stair runner, chequerboard marble floor, and glimpse into the pink dining room beyond
Large curated gallery wall of family photography and art above a navy velvet sofa in a Notting Hill living room
Master bedroom in Notting Hill with Cole & Son mountain landscape wallpaper, upholstered grey headboard, navy velvet cushions and walnut bedside cabinets
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