Before buying this house 20 years ago, I was working in the U.S and spent a lot of time working with architects who were building lots of glasshouses overlooking the Great Lakes so when we moved back to the UK, I knew I wanted to do something similar and quite radical, hence the double height extension that not only created a large living space downstairs but completes the view from my desk on the ground floor, giving it an ever changing and inspiring ‘inside outside’ feel. 

My studio is the engine room to the biz, situated on the ground floor and the place where I spend an awful lot of my time. It's undergone a couple of transformations as my style and needs have changed over the years. Painted out in one of my favourite deepest darkest hues, Hudson Black, which creates the perfect contrast and backdrop. I have a large cork desk, designed by Ilse Crawford for Ikea placed in front of a floor to ceiling bookcase that houses not only an abundance of reference material but cool art and mementoes gathered and collected or gifted to me from over the years. 

This is a strange space because when you live vertically like us (in a townhouse with lots of rooms you don’t tend to use them all) and this room used to just be an ad hoc space that I never spent time in. Now its an extension of my studio a break out space to relax. It has the large window – I loved this window 20 years ago it really frames the room so I wanted a low slung sofa so you could see the full height of the window.