London inside designer Lonika Chande’s Queen’s Park household residence had been stripped of its historical past by the point she and her husband, Theo Corridor, got here alongside. Positioned in an enclave of Victorian inexpensive housing not all of which survived the Blitz, the 1876 brick construction was constructed for a railway employee. Many occupants later, it had an inside that flowed effectively however felt twenty first century sanitized. A fan of layering rooms with artwork, books, and patterns, Lonika stepped in to have fun it because the city rarity it’s: a historic cottage within the thick of issues, simply north of Notting Hill.
Some time again, we featured Lonika’s Condo Transform for a Demanding Shopper (Her Mom). Be a part of us for a go searching her personal quarters, which she and Theo, a lawyer, now share with their younger son and child daughter, and loads of well-chosen antiques.
Images by Milo Brown, courtesy of Lonika Chande.
Above: Lonika launched wainscoting to the sitting room off the entry, and the previously boarded-up hearth now has a mantel of her personal design. All through, she offset colourful textiles with a heat, impartial paint palette. The 2-seater couch is upholstered in Dans la Forêt’ from Décors Barbares. The partitions and ceiling are painted Stone IV, and the woodwork and trim is Stone V, each from Paint & Paper Library .Above: “We wished to recapture among the cottage’s unique character, however we didn’t need it to really feel twee,” Lonika informed UK Home & Backyard. She discovered a lot of the artwork and furnishings by being a daily on the Portobello Highway, Kempton, and Sunbury antiques markets. The foxed mantel mirror got here out of a French bistro. The tiger is an previous silk embroidery that she framed.Above: The nook below the stair has a window seat with storage. The African carvings are from Lonika’s grandparents’ home in Tanzania.Above: A farmhouse desk extends throughout the kitchen, which the earlier homeowners enlarged and opened to the again backyard.Above: The kitchen cupboards are deVol’s Actual Shaker design with a Shaws sink and Perrin & Rowe Aged Brass Ionian Faucet, additionally from deVol. The blue is a bespoke deVol coloration, and the zellige tile is from Habibi Interiors. The counter is Carrara marble. The vintage hook-lined shelf over the sink was made for hanging recreation.Above: Lonika’s mom, artist Lucy Dickens (great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens), painted the tropical fruit tableau within the heart of the eating space, and the watercolor of quinces is by Lucy’s mom.Above: The three bedrooms are cottage measurement and now vibrant with coloration and sample. The cover is a mixture of washed yellow linen and a block-print from Jaipur.Above: Shades of turmeric are one in all Lonika’s specialities—see her yellow kitchen right here. The partitions are Slate II from Paint & Paper Library.Above: The lone lavatory is newly lined with beadboard paneling and accessorized with a classic spool desk and cabinets. Considering including your individual paneling? See Remodelista 101: The Final Information to Shiplap, Beadboard, and V-Groove Paneling.Above: The blue on the partitions, ceiling, and radiator is Gravel Pit from Dulux, and the bathtub—from Aston Matthews—is painted a “impartial crimson” referred to as Callaghan from Little Greene. The muslin window blind is in Robert Kime’s Indian-inspired Area Poppy print.Above: The newborn’s room till not too long ago was Lonika’s workplace, now relocated off-site close by. It’s papered in Alice in Wonderland, an archived C.F.A. Voysey Arts and Crafts design from Trustworth Studios of Plymouth, Massachusetts. The shiny trim is Image Gallery Crimson by Farrow & Ball.Above: Nurseries are so typically new and trendy, however Lonika is elevating her youngsters with patina. See one other bed room with Voysey wallpaper right here.Above: Lonika in one other of her layered tasks—see Lonika Chande.
