The Sunday Times - UK (2022-02-06)

The Sunday Times February 6, 2022 13

collections for the online retailer

Freemans, there is neon art,

houndstooth wallpaper and shelves

lined with “the girls” — her collection

of multicoloured wigs. The next

project on her Chatelaine to-do list is

finishing the cocktail bar in the turret

room and creating a roof garden on

top of the building in time for the

summer, possibly with a croquet lawn

or featuring crazy golf.

Murphy says: “We just have fun,

don’t we, Nick? If we book to go away

anywhere, even if it’s a really nice

hotel, I feel like it’s not as nice as here.

The house has changed our whole

lives. We will never leave. When we get

old, we will get Stannah stairlifts up to

the bar.”

Siobhan Murphy’s 2022 homeware

collection for Freemans will be available

to buy from April. Her Find Your Fun

cushion collection for Freemans is

available now; freemans.com

wild on the inside

ike this?’ ‘No babe, I am not.’ ” Wilson
responds: “I’ve embraced it. Now it’s
my favourite room in the house.” The
hall features tropical murals by
Avalana Design, including a sunburst
on the ceiling, a feathered chandelier
by Coldharbour Lights and a pair of
ifesize lavender poodle ornaments.
The knick-knacks keep arriving.
The makeover will never be complete.
Recent additions include an antique
cabinet from eBay filled with orange
and lemon-themed ceramics for the
hallway, chequerboard flooring from
Carpetright in the kitchen, a zebra
carpet for the living room, part of
Tapi’s Safari collection, and a mural on
he first-floor landing by Daniel Bland,
a friend and fellow Interior Design
Masters contender. Murphy and
Wilson work from home — Wilson in
a monochrome office.
In Murphy’s study, where she is
writing a book, More Is More Décor (out
n October), and designing two more

Siobhan Murphy

in the entrance

hall of Chatelaine

and, right, with

Nick Wilson,

her husband.

Also pictured:

some of the

rooms in their

art deco West

Yorkshire home

It kind of just

gave me the project

of my dreams and

the career of

my dreams

Siobhan

I quite like big open

spaces. I like white,

because it gives

the impression

of space

Nick

GET THE LOOK

U Feathered chandeliers in the

reception and living room are by

Coldharbour Lights. Bertie, in

flamingo pink, £750,

coldharbourlights.com

X Bespoke murals by

Avalana Design, in

the reception and

on the landing,

are hand-

painted

watercolours

made into

digital prints.

Mural prices start

at £315,

avalanadesign.

co.uk

W One of Murphy’s

collection of

Jonathan Adler’s

ceramics takes pride

of place in the living

room. Gin Rocket

Decanter, £176,

uk.jonathanadler.

com

X Fifties-style

Smeg kettle, in

pink, £179.95,

shop.smeguk.

com

W Chequered

kitchen floor,

Mardi Gras

99 York

Vinyl from

Carpetright,

£21.99 per

metre sq,

carpetright.

co.uk

X Murphy’s

own range of

cushions is

available at

Freemans,

from £15,

freemans.

com