Matthew Williamson's home is a ground floor apartment in a mid-1800s Italianate-style semi-detached house in north-west London. The style of fashion designer, Matthew’s vibrant London home summed up in two words? Organized bohemia.
The flamboyant, lavish apartment features a mix of upmarket and bargain buys. It might be a mad mish-mash of butterflies, peacocks and flamingos, yet the electric hues and tropical flourishes are against a backdrop of pale greys and blues to make it surprisingly calming.
It might look like it’s all been casually thrown together, but actually Matthew put everything in its place.
Nothing in this home, except perhaps the Seventies chandelier, in the living room cost a lot. It's a lesson in how a little treasure hunting and flea market digging can go a long way.
Because you don’t spend a lot of time in a hallway, it can have more intense color and it impacts visitors as they enter.
The walls are filled with collected items from travels, like a memorabilia hall of fame.
The kitchen is intentionally more minimal than the other rooms –white provides a calm contrast to the other spaces.
Touches such as the ostrich-feather lamp and mirrored furniture add grandeur and decadence to the bedroom, b/c it was made smaller to accommodate a guest room.
The apartment features many personal, hand-made touches too, like the decoupaged butterflies disguising a black boiler cupboard in the master bathroom.
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