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Luxury, practicality and sophistication combine seamlessly in Alidad’s reinvention of this London town house Text Caroline Clifton-Mogg | Photographs James McDonald
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New fabrics mesh with old in the drawing room; a seventeenth-century tapestry hangs above a Howard sofa upholstered in yellow velvet. The cushions are from Peta Smyth Antique Textiles
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Customised drama Gabby Deeming teams furniture hand-painted by Cressida Bell with bold printed fabrics to create colourful schemes with a retro twist
BACKGROUND Fruitwood pedestal table, ‘Stockholm’, 76 x 140 x 70cm, £625, at Scumble Goosie; hand-painted using Dulux paints, bespoke designs from £1,000, by Cressida Bell. Acrylic box, by Alexan000 h o u s e & g a r d e n NO v e m b e r 2 0 1 3
dra von Fürstenberg, 11.5 x 20.32 x 10cm, £280, at The Conran Shop (lid shown separately). Fabrics, from left: ‘Indus Craie’, cotton mix, £120 a metre, at Pierre Frey. ‘Plain Linen’ (from top: overall blue and sacre
bleu), linen, £78 a metre, at Fermoie. ‘Mirissa’, cotton, by Travers, £160 a metre, at Zimmer + Rohde. ‘Kusum’ (eli blue), linen, by Peter Fasano, £194 a metre, at Tissus d’Hélène. ‘Betty’ (rupi), linen, £169 a
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WALLS AND WOODWORK Paint, ‘O8D02’, £32.50 for 2.5 litres matt emulsion, from Little Greene. FURNITURE Oak and powder-coated-steel shelving, ‘Lap’, by Marina Bautier, 190 x 209 x 35cm, £1,382, at Case Furniture. Fruitwood pedestal table, ‘Stockholm’, 76 x 140 x 70cm, £625, at Scumble Goosie; hand-painted using Dulux paints, bespoke designs from £1,000, by Cressida Bell. Ink-dyed ash stool, ‘Squid’, 50 x 30cm diameter, £165, at Folklore. Oak and paper-cord chair, ‘CH25’, by Hans J Wegner, 73 x 71cm square, £2,074, at The Conran Shop. ACCESSORIES Wooden desk tidies (on bookcase and table), from £35 each, at The Conran Shop. Cardboard desk tidy (on bookcase), £14.50, at Folklore. Steel, brass and marble desk lamp, ‘Catherine’, 42 x 48 x 12cm, £560, at The Conran Shop. Succulents, £2.75 each, with terracotta pots, £4.95 each; both at Clifton Nurseries. For suppliers’ details, see Stockists
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THIS PAGE The dining room is dominated by a photograph by Hendrik Kerstens of his daughter wearing a plastic bag on her head, which is done in the style of a Vermeer portrait. OPPOSITE A combination of Louis XVI and Mies van der Rohe ‘MR’ chairs surround the reclaimed-wood table
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Clean lines, subtle colours and uncluttered spaces were the guiding principles for the designer Rabih Hage when he reconfigured this seventeenth-century rectory as a weekend family retreat Text liz elliot | Photographs simon brown