Our Portobello Home

This is our family home and studio — a relaxed space where we enjoy the ever-changing interplay of colour and natural light as day turns to evening and seasons shift.

Built ca. 1850, the house retains much of its original character: wide floorboards, a graceful staircase, and simple plaster cornices. Key interventions were minimal: rewiring, underfloor heating over limecrete, and relocating the bathroom to create a brighter rear study. Salvaged parquet was laid in the bedroom and study, new tiles sourced for the bathroom, and timeless shaker cabinetry added to the kitchen. Woodworkand wallpapers were refreshed in cheerful tones and patterns, lending the home a youthful lift.

Furniture is sourced from across Europe, layered with contemporary and vintage artwork. Playful, painterly, and boldly scaled to animate the tall walls and deepen the home’s emotional texture.