2019-06-01 25 Beautiful Homes

period terrace | 25bh

W

henFannyMoizantmoved

fromParistoLondonforwork

in2012,rentingratherthan

buyinga propertywasthe

logicalstepfortheinternetentrepreneurwhose

industrythrivesonagilityandtheabilitytomove

toanothercountryatshortnotice.‘Theinternet

ismakingusallglobalcitizens,abletowork

whereverwelike,’saysFanny,whorelocatedfrom

FrancewithherhusbandMichaelanddaughters,

Louise,thennine,andJeanne,eight.

Aftera briefsearch,Fannyknewshehad

foundtherighthouse– a spaciousVictorian

terracedhouseinnorthLondon.‘Theyellow

frontdoorandwisteriabothcapturedmy

imagination,’shesays.‘MichaelandI werealso

drawn to the period details, like the cornicing

andthefireplace.Theybringa senseofhistory

tothespace,andremindmeoftheHaussmann

flatsinParis,whereweusedtolive.’Theproperty

hadrecentlybeenrenovated,withaneyetothe

rentalmarket.Manyofthepartitionshadbeen

knockedthrough,andwithitspristinewhite

wallsandopen-planlivingspaces,Fannysaw

thepropertyasa cleanslate.‘I feltI couldput

mystamponit withmypossessionsandmake

it feellikehome,evenif theleasesaidI couldn’t

redecoratetheinterior,orwearhigh-heeled shoes

onthewoodenfloors,’shesays.

Beingabletofocusexclusivelyonsimply

dressingthespaceappealedgreatlytoFanny,

whodrewonherupbringinginProvenceand

herprofessionalbackgroundinvisualmarketing

when styling the interior. ‘As a teenager, I worked

KITCHEN

Thisstreamlinedspaceflows

fromthefrontsittingroom

throughtotherear.

Lunaunitsaresimilar,from

£2,150,Magnet.Smegoven,

£579,JohnLewis&Partners.

Engineeredwoodenflooring,

from£40sqm,Wood

andBeyond

SITTINGROOM
‘I loveTheClashposter
becauseit hassomuch
energy,’saysFanny.‘Itwasa
presentfrommyhusband.’
LondonCallingposteris a match,
£8.62,Etsy.FunkBoxesrugis
comparable,£225,Benuta.
Knollmarbletulipcoffeetable,
£2,112, The Conran Shop

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