Home Inspiration With Julie Carlson
We've been fans of Luke Irwin for a while now (we were pleased to see that he has a Pinterest board called "Luke Irwin on Remodelista"). Described by the WSJ as "an Anglo-Irish Etonian," Irwin lives with his wife, Alice, and their children in the country in an early 18th-century house, which he describes as "chaotic and colorful, since a home always expresses the character of those who live it. I've become an odd rural/urban schizophrenic, traveling between his Pimlico Road shop in London and the house in Dorset." His dual existence seems to be a good thing; his carpets are equally at home in a country house or urban setting, and add a touch of otherworldliness to any setting.
Above: Irwin in his Pimlico Road showroom.
Above: Irwin's carpets for Anthropologie.
Above: Irwin's Lapis rug has a Swedish-inspired geometrical motif and is hand-knotted from wool and cotton in Kathmandu; prices for the Lapis Rug start at $1,998 for the five-by-eight-foot size.
Above: The Norrland Rug, inspired by Swedish florals, starts at $1,998 for the five-by-eight-foot size.
Above: Prices start at $2,498 for the Abstracted Rug (inspired by "decaying frescoes," Irwin says) in the five-by-eight-foot size.
Above: Prices for the impressionistic Marbled Rug start at $2,498 for five-by-eight-foot size.
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Kitchens With Alexa Hotz
Step into a London kitchen some afternoon and you'll likely find a set of proudly British kitchen mainstays. While we're prone to reach for reliable classics, what we find most interesting is the evolution of our favorite kettle, chopping board, or broom; that slight tweak that gets us rethinking our kitchens entirely.
A new guard of 20th century designers—Sebastian Conran, Corin Mellor, Jasper Morrison, and more—are retelling the story of the British kitchen, one that is infused with modern craft heritage combined with a tradition of clean and functional design.
Above: Designed by Stefi Orazi Studio, the Barbican Tea Towel celebrates the modernist architecture of London's Barbican Estates; $12 from Things You Can Buy (it's also available at twentytwentyone).
Above: From Robert Welch, who was recently tapped by British Airways First Class to design the airline's cutlery, the Pestle and Mortar is made of cast iron for €17 ($19) at Makers & Brothers.
Above: London designers Barber & Osgerby have a new tabletop line out for Royal Doulton. See more at Young Turks: Barber Osgerby for Royal Doulton.
Above: Salt and Pepper Mills from London-based Very Good & Proper are made of natural and stained beechwood with a ceramic grinder mechanism; £36 ($55) each at Very Good & Proper. For more peppermills designed in the UK, see our post 10 Easy Pieces: Salt and Pepper Grinders from Around the World.
Above: The David Mellor Knife Block is a modern solution to traditional countertop knife storage; $70 at Heath Ceramics. For more on David Mellor Design, see our post Ask the Expert: Corin Mellor Talks Flatware (Make That Cutlery).
Above: The Jasper Morrison Kitchen Utensil Set is a trio of flat shapes in wood—a spoon, spatula, and risotto server—for $20 at All Modern.
Above: Faye Toogood's Cuppa, a modern creamware teacup in editions of 150, is $96 at Table of Contents.
Above: A modification of the traditional English kettle, Another Country's hand-spun anodized aluminum Traditional Kettle with a British oak handle is £140 ($214). For more, see 10 Easy Pieces: Classic Teakettles.
Above: Designer Martino Gamper's Arnold Circus Stool is useful throughout the kitchen and dining room. Inspired by Shoreditch's Arnold Circus, the stool is used as the official seating for outdoor annual events. It is £59 ($90) in a variety of colors through Martino Gamper.
Above: From Hackney-based Hampson Woods, London Plane Boards are made from a London plane tree and finished with olive oil. Shown, from left: The Size 1 board (£35), Size 2 board (£45), and Size 4 board (£55).
Above: We think Matthew Hilton's Fin Dining Chair could be the successor to the classic Ercol chair. It's available in American white oak or American black walnut; $1,125 at De La Espada.
Above: Turner & Harper is at the vanguard of domestic science design, we're coveting their Broom, made of soft hog bristle, oak, and powder-coated steel; £125 at Slow Down Joe. For more on the company, read Brushing Up on Traditions.
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Architecture & Interiors With Margot Guralnick
Patrick Williams' 1850s East London apartment had "laminate flooring, recessed halogens, and cheap and nasty radiators"—until he took over. "It was your typical nineties developer rubbish," he tells us. "I am feeling rather sick thinking about it." A devotee of the Arts & Crafts movement's built-to-last philosophy and an avid salvage hunter-upcycler-philosopher, Williams runs Berdoulat, a design-build firm that takes its name from the old French farmhouse he watched his parents restore throughout his childhood.
After studying fine art at Oxford, Williams worked on a series of remodels himself and went on to found his own firm. His two-bedroom flat is a showcase of the Berdoulat approach: "What drives us is not purely a conservative nostalgia, but a love of truth and a dedication to the creation of beautiful, unique, well-crafted products," he writes in the company manifesto, and points out that secondhand shops sell well-made items at prices comparable to Ikea's. Williams now shares his place with his wife, Neri Kamcili, a fine art photographer, and their two young daughters. No signs of laminate in sight.
Photography via Berdoulat.
Above: The open living/dining area is anchored by Williams' vast Penguin paperbacks library. "I have collected Penguins all my life, but the vast majority of the collection (which now amounts to about 5,500 books) comes from one source: My English teacher from school sold them all to me, charging a price by the yard. His father had worked as a salasman for Penguin in the 50s, 60s and 70s, and brought home countless copies every week, many of them first editions. They're ordered by color—fiction has orange spines, crime green, nonfiction blue, classics black, and so on."
The shelves themselves are pine; the dark gray, which appears throughout the flat, is Down Pipe from Farrow & Ball, Williams' "all-time favorite paint color." The pilasters are made from a salvaged porch pillar.
Above: The seating arrangement consists of church pews from ARC reclamation in Petersfield, Hampshire—"one of the best salvage yards in the UK"—sized to fit an eBay table. The walls are newly plastered and finished with two coats of clear beeswax.
Above: The kitchen counter came out of an old pottery. Patrick laid the new square-edge pine floors himself—"I find it extremely cathartic creating a new level surface"—and painted them with watered-down floor paint, "no primer or undercoat, so that it would purposefully acquire patina and wear."
Above: A salvaged circular window opens the kitchen to the hall and draws light into the space. "It pivoted horizontally in its original life, but I turned it 90 degrees, so it better communicates with the hallway."
Here's what Williams has to say on the subject of windows: "Berdoulat is passionate about sash windows and abhors the UPVC replacements, which are slowly but surely ruining many period buildings across the land." To "help raise awareness about the plight of the native sash," he designed a Save Our Sashes from Plastic Surgery T-shirt that he sells on his site.
Above: The kitchen's brass taps came from "a wonderful man in Bidford on Avon who restores brassware." Ship models—a present from Kamcili—rest on a cupboard that came out of a school in Dulwich.
Above: Williams introduced old shutters and paneling to his windows: "I got hold of six matching panels from a salvage yard in Petersfield—Georgian, with original green paint on them," he writes in the Berdoulat blog. "I butchered them such that I got three pairs the right height for the three sashes in the living room, and the off-cut panels make up half-height shutters for the triple-sash window on the other wall. On their front sides, it's not easy to see where I have doctored them, but on their backs I have needed to add in sections of new wood, which are more obvious. So I have painted the backs in Down Pipe."
The midcentury Parker Knoll chairs are adorned with bawdy badges made for Williams by friends during his 30th birthday party.
Above: The bathroom—"a real case of out with the new and in with the old"—has a classic Alape utility sink bought at Labour & Wait, plastic edge trim removed. (Read all about the basin and find sources in Design Sleuth: The Alape Bucket Sink from Germany.) Find a similar Oak Towel Rack at Ancient Industries. Like the enamel toothbrush cup? Take a look at Falcon Enamelware from the UK and Barn Light Electric's Enamelware Made in the US.
Above: A widened doorway with an antique door in Down Pipe leads to the master bedroom. Williams found the Victorian pine flooring on eBay: "I bid on a Friday night; the auction ended at 11 p.m. and I emailed the seller. He called me straight away and we arranged for collection the following morning at 8 a.m. I loaded the whole floor into and onto my car, drove home very slowly, offloaded, started to lay the floor, and by about 8 p.m. I'd finished."
Williams linked the bedroom floor to the floor in the hall with a dovetail-shaped section.
Above: The room has a newly built alcove bed. Curtains are made of dress silk: "The salesman at Peter Jones was horrified when I said I wanted to use it for curtains. He said it would fade in the sunlight—exactly what I wanted it to do!"
Above: In the bedroom's sitting area, Williams introduced a salvaged mantel that he uses as a bookshelf. The club chairs are hand-me-downs from his family, and the stool is a Coronation Stool, "commissioned for use during the coronation of Elizabeth II." The pulley pendants are French Monte et Baisse lights from Williams' friend's shop, Un Coin du Passe in Castéra Verduzan, France, "the best brocante in the world."
Above: A stone statue from a monastery in Liverpool stands watch in the bedroom. Says Williams, "Many think it's odd to have a Virgin and child at the foot of one's bed, including Neri. And my father has made many a joke about my having a virgin in my bedroom every night. But I think she is very beautiful and peaceful, and is therefore essential."
Stay tuned: Williams and Kamcili also own a B&B in a historic house in Bath that we'll be visiting at the end of the week. Go to Berdoulat to see more of the firm's inventive restorations.
Sold on vintage? See a NYC apartment that makes inventive use of antiques in Calm and Collected: At Home with the Duo Behind Aesthetic Movement. And read 11 Money-Saving Remodeling Strategies from Hollywood House Flipper Amanda Pays.
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