Surrey Homes | SH66 | April 2020 | Gardens supplement

Upstairs it’s easy to imagine {the guest bedrooms} as accommodation in a country
inn, though these days they would be more suited to a boutique hotel
splashed across the surface with fluorescent, lava-like paint.
Ever modest, the house is full of amazing work by
Rob and his team at Stylorouge – the company he
founded in 1981. Only after our interview and tour
of the house do I discover that Rob and Stylorouge are
responsible for a plethora of famous images and campaigns
including the globally recognisable Trainspotting poster,
as well as album covers for the likes of Blur, Squeeze,
Dusty Springfield, David Bowie and many more.
Upstairs, on the first floor, the bathrooms and bedrooms
are linked by a long, main corridor. It’s easy to imagine
them as accommodation in a country inn, though these
days they would be more suited to a boutique hotel. The
master bedroom, as one might expect, has a large en suite
with marble-topped bath and decent-sized walk-in shower.
“The shower is in an old stairwell that we uncovered
when doing building work,” says Rob. The couple’s
French-style, upholstered bed was from an antique shop
in Lewes, while the brightly coloured patchwork day bed
was created, bespoke, for Jane by Squint in Shoreditch.
On the wall, and perfectly paired, is an equally
bright painting. The artwork is by Rob’s friend, Nathan
Pendlebury, who gave it to him as a thank you for being
commissioned by Stylorouge. “We just put it there and
thought how well it went with the day bed,” says Jane. “I
am always moving stuff around from one room to another
– nothing’s fixed.” “I call it merchandising,” laughs Rob.
On the other side of the corridor is Jane’s
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