Notting Hill, London

  • Vinki Li

Housed in a heritage Georgian townhouse near London’s Hyde Park, this project provided a prime opportunity to integrate a subtly luxurious aesthetic into a graceful historic apartment that was once immortalised in the ‘70s in artist David Hockney’s Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy. Light materials such as Calcutta marble, subtly patterned wallpapers and tiling, and a neutral colour palette were carefully orchestrated so as to not detract from the original double-height Victorian windows and intricate cornices, while striking furniture pieces by Jonathan Adler, Flos, Bert Frank, Coltex, and Cole & Son add a dose of mid-century flair. The result is a space that has been refreshed along modern sensibilities while retaining a sensitivity to its old-world charm.