HOMES

25bh | victorian townhouse78 | 25bh oCtober 2017 for stockists go to where to buy``````1 BedroomArt Deco style blendswith contemporarydesigns and colourfulbedding to create avibrant scheme.Colonnade blotchwallpaper in teal onPearl, £240 per roll;bell Moth cushions,£138 each, all timorousbeasties. MissPrintFoxglove duvet coverand pillowcase set inQuince, from £55, JohnLewis. grahame oakeybed, £20,000, ZacharyPulman Design Studio``````2 BathroomDesigner ZacharyPulman commissionedbespoke pieces to helpValerie achieve the spasanctuary she craved.bespoke dressing area/sink unit, £7,500;freestanding bath,£6,500; mirroredcabinet, £3,500;dressing stool bygrahame oakey,£2,000, covered inopera botanica linen,£150m, timorousbeasties, all ZacharyPulman Design Studio``````planted the garden up with some large leafyspecimens, so it’s easy to forget we’re in oneof the busiest areas of the city.’Upstairs, the luxurious makeovercontinued. ‘Pete and I decided to take overthe whole first floor. I wanted a spa-likesanctuary bathroom and, like downstairs,I wanted to connect the room with theoutdoors. We swapped the windows forFrench doors to give us access to a littlebalcony that looks down onto our garden.’to echo the colours of exotic plants,Valerie included luscious wallpapers, vibrantrugs and carpets, and eye-catching softfurnishings in every room of the house.‘I knew the look I wanted,’ she says, ‘andZach helped me source all the elements tofinish the house off as I envisioned it.‘this place is much bigger,’ Valeriecontinues. ‘We’ve had to commission somenew furniture to suit the scale of the rooms.our bed, for instance, was specially designedby a talented maker that Zach knows. Welove the house now. It really does feel like anextension of us and our personalities. We arereally happy watching our boys grow up here,in our very own tropical corner of London.’design tip ‘Living ina space before or duringrenovation work definitelyhas some advantages –many features may lookgreat on paper, but justdon’t work in real life’12