Design Travel With Kendra Wilson
If there is one chef who could turn a former government tax office into an atmospheric restaurant with indoor garden, it's Skye Gyngell. After all, she made her name cooking from a shed at a plant nursery in Richmond, England. It was at Petersham Nurseries and her garden-to-plate cooking won her a Michelin star. With Skye, it's clear that there are few limits.
Now installed in a proper kitchen in London's West End, her new restaurant can be found in the labyrinthine Somerset House—it's the hugely talked about and evocatively named Spring.
Photography by Tom Mannion, except where noted.
Above: Seasonal, informal, original food is the big draw. Photograph via Somerset House.
Spring is situated in the New Wing at Somerset House, which isn't new at all: It was built in 1856 as the final part of a series of government offices housing the Inland Revenue. The last of the tax people have gone and the New Wing is open to the public for the first time.
Above: Pink is the dominant accent color in a palette of white and light neutrals. The clustered hanging lights are a New York import—they're Apparatus Studio's Cloud design. Photograph via Spring.
Above: The banquettes rest on an oak floor from Dinesen of Denmark—see World's Most Beautiful Wood Floors. Photograph via Spring.
Above: Skye Gyngell is a much-loved character who cut her teeth in London working with Fergus Henderson (of St John) and his future wife Margot Henderson (Rochelle Canteen) at the little restaurant above the legendary French House pub in Soho. She was also food editor at British Vogue. Join us for a tour of her home kitchen here. Photograph by Amber Rowlands.
Above: The leather chairs pair well with a wall of robin's egg blue.
Above: Uniforms were custom designed by
Trager Delaney and
Egg, and are individually tailored. Photograph via Gumtree.
Above: Skye asked garden designer Jinny Blom to make a garden-like space within the bigger restaurant. It's a plant-filled atrium, with repeated reliefs of leafy gunnera along the walls.
Jinny's brief was to create a garden for a restaurant with no outside space. "When a client says, 'I want it to be a garden,' and the space is indoors and with low natural light levels," explains Jinny, "then it's time to get creative."
Above: Jinny says the project was "everything I love: technically complex and creative, allowing me free artistic reign to reimagine the space."
Above: Jinny brings her outside experience to bear on her work: She has a longstanding interest in craft and is an active member of the Art Workers' Guild, and also sits on the board of the Therapeutic Landscapes Network.
Above: Somerset House is a cultural hub in central London. Perched on the side of the Thames, it has slowly been reclaimed from the Inland Revenue and currently plays host to the Courtauld Institute, London Fashion Week, a winter ice rink, an outdoor cinema, and concerts and cultural exhibitions. To get to Spring, take a right after the Courtauld.
See Skye Gyngell's home kitchen in our posts In the Kitchen with London's Chef du Jour and Steal This Look: A Star Chef's Kitchen.
Looking for a place to stay? See Live Like a Londoner, 15 Short-Term Rentals, High to Low.
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Home Inspiration With Izabella Simmons
We've long admired the elegant industrial lighting designs of Brooklyn architects Workstead and have recently noticed that several other studios have been taking the same minimalist approach. Here are seven simple pendants with circular, beret-like crowns, all made of brass (plus one in copper).
Above: The Brass Pendant by Workstead features a 10-inch disk, a long brass rod, and a brass socket. A brass joint allows for 90 degrees of rotation, and the pendant arm is available in small (18 inches), medium (24 inches), and large (42 inches), and can be custom ordered at any length; $525 from Workstead. The Brass Pendant is also available from the Horne Shop.
See more of Workstead's lighting in Workstead Bent Chandelier and Workstead Bent Wall Lamp. Last week, we ran a DIY Partner's Desk designed by the Workstead.
Above: The all-brass CB0150 Pendant is designed by Danish House Doctor; $319 from Royal Design.
Above: The Dot-Suspension Lamp by Montreal lighting design studio Lambert & Fils is made of brass with a black nylon cord; $360 CAD ($283 USD). To learn more about the workshop, go to Streamlined Light: Designs by Lambert & Fils of Montreal.
Above: The Disc and Sphere Horizontal Pendant by Atelier Areti of London is polished brass with a powder-coated metal rod. It's available in black or white, and you can choose from a fabric cable or metal rod (length can be customized). See Atelier Areti's distribution list for purchase information. And see more in our post Avian-Inspired Lighting from Atelier Areti.
Above:The Star pendant lamp is made of copper by Orsjo Belysning, a company in Smaland, Sweden, that originally manufactured kerosene lamps in the 1950s. It has a black fabric cable and is €217 ($234.80) from Casa Lumi.
Above: The 6a Light by Izé, a London company, has a 30-centimeter disk and is available in a wide range of finishes, including polished nickel (shown) and brass. Contact Izé for information and pricing. See Design Sleuth: GAS light pendants from Ize, to learn more about their designs.
Above: The Grain Pendant by LA designer Brendan Ravenhill has a hand-turned brass shade (also available in other materials) that's formed over a wooden mold. During the spinning process, the patterns of the wood grain are impressed on the shade. It's available with a black or white cord; $400 from Brendan Ravenhill. Read about the design and see more finishes in A Study in Industrial Elegance.
Go to our archive to browse more Pendant Lights, including:
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Bedrooms With Julie Carlson
When Dyer Grimes Architects took on a South Kensington remodeling project for a Swiss couple living in London, they turned the top floor into a spacious bedroom suite (including a sitting room and roof terrace), with a subtle color scheme and dashes of textural luxury.
Above: The ceilings are 14 feet high, lofty enough to accommodate the dramatic Marcel Wanders–designed pendant light.
Above: Crittall steel French doors lead to the bath. For bathtub ideas, see 10 Easy Pieces: Modern Bathtubs.
Above: The Zeppelin Pendant Light, designed by Marcel Wanders for Flos, is $3,995.
Above: Restoration Hardware's Belgian Slipcovered Parsons Bed in vintage cotton velvet is $1,240 (marked down from $1,550).
Above: The Lounge Slipcovered Ottoman and a Half is 43 inches wide, 17 inches high, and 27 inches deep; $599 from Crate & Barrel.
Above: The Minimalist Midcentury Modern Steel End Table is $150 from Crafts Manhattan via Etsy.
Above: The Tivoli Audio Model One AM/FM Table Radio is $119 on Amazon.
Above: A pair of Tulip Table Lamps from Marianna Kennedy; contact her directly for pricing. See more in A Visit with Marianna Kennedy: London's Sorceress of Color.
Above: Tricia Rose's Rough Linen Summer Bed Set consists of a bedcover, sheet, and two linen pillowcases; prices start at $420 for the twin size.
Above: Room & Board offers Mohair Wool Pillows with linen backs in a range of shades, including Rose (L) and Torte (R); $169 each.
Above: Farrow & Ball Oval Blue is a good match for the paint color.
Take a look at another glamorous, low-key London bedroom by Faye Toogood: Steal This Look: A Moody Minimalist London Bedroom.
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