Surrey Homes | SH71 | Sept & Oct 2020 | Kitchen & Bathroom supplement inside

“I wanted a statement
floor with a pop of colour.
I have collected things
over a long period of time
and pink just seems to run
through most of the rooms”
Previous pages & above: A huge pink lampshade by Anthropologie hovers over the dining table. The tiles on the walls in the
kitchen, from Bert & May, miraculously match the floor tiles
Give me a child who constantly changes their
room around and organises ‘photoshoots’ of
the results and I’ll show you a future interior
designer. Except that life is never quite that simple. All too
often in our lives other influences take precedence over
formative ideas and we find ourselves far from our early
dreams. It takes courage and determination to listen to
those inner thoughts and allow our dreams to flourish.
We are at the home of Rebecca Middleton and it has
now been a year since Rebecca gave up her career in
events management and officially came out as the interior
designer she always knew she was. As we step over the
threshold of her period cottage she makes it clear that
this is not the interior of a show house, but her own
lovingly curated and characterful home – dear to her heart
and very different in style to the interiors she designs
for her business, Rebecca Middleton Refined Luxe.
“The style of this house is not at all the style of my clients
or even my partner’s house – there it is more neutral, with
greys, navy and marble tiles.” Rebecca stresses that this is not
a prescriptive look; she is flexible in her approach and tries to
reflect her clients’ tastes within her designs. “I’m not like
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