Wealden Times | WT200 | October 2018 | Kitchen & Bathroom supplement inside

Above: The bed is by Conran and the ottoman is bespoke by
Lauren. The lamps are from West Elm Left: A chest of drawers
by West Elm and a mirror by Graham & Green
She has used gold throughout the house, but as an
underscoring accent colour, which, together with shades of
blue in the soft furnishings, pulls the whole of the interior
together. The occasional and side tables around the house, for
example, have all come from separate places and were chosen
at different times, but they are united by their golden legs and
all are in a similar style. The repetition of just a few colours
and shapes in this way anchors and unifies the scheme.
There are two smaller rooms on the ground floor at
the front of the house – a study room and a cosy media
room – which are both painted dark blue. “Smaller rooms
take dark colours well. It makes them more intimate.”
These rooms keep to the same colour scheme as the
rest of the house, but very effectively reverse it, so that
white and pale grey become the accent colours.
The dining room was tackled in phase two and, next
to the entrance hall, is the focal point on the ground
floor with views directly onto the garden. Lauren has
continued the white, gold and blue theme in this room,
but there’s an emphasis on opulence in here and gold
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