Notting Hill: An artists Studio
- Stephen Ryan
- Nov 2, 2018
- 2 min read
Lovely 3.8 ceiling heights and large original artist studio windows gave us great scope when we devised and started with a blank shell canvas.
We installed a five minutes old , looking three hundred years old, Parquet de Versailles oak wood floor. The walls are French upholstered with extra double width taffeta. Very heavy iron antique ( what I think are architectural ) rain hoppers mount on custom foundered brackets add a different tone for decoration and juxtapose well with the contemporary painting ‘Bergere’. Chairs, sofa and ‘Sauvage’ writing table are my own design.
Complemented with antique side tables ( ex Dorchester hotel) and ( probably ) original Mayfair club ‘gasoliers’
converted into lamps.
A bronze coloured single bedroom/office feature free-standing wardrobes and bookshelves in bronze lacquered finish.
The Harem Guard portrait and orientalist standard lamps with a custom designed writing table and a wall of David Roberts Egypt prints make a cosy dark room.
A guest bedroom devised around a guests chair designed by Lord Snowdon, from the Prince of Wales investiture ceremony in original red paint colour reupholstered with ‘Hermes’ orange leather .
Warming red and orange are continued with the scheme, and oak walls, wardrobes and ziggurat lamp add a gentle weight.
A lower hall detail in the artists studio house features large mirrored wardrobes/storage to four corners, I niche covered with pink heavy gauge raffia paper houses a shell chest from a Paris antique dealer.
A pair of slim 1940’s demi-lune consoles of bronze and marble decorate the side walls, hung with stone textured wallcoverings .
Double en-suite bathrooms crafted with black and silver mirrored walls add a ‘Deco’ ambiance.
Art hung on mirror reflects a portrait hung on a ( deliberately ironic) ‘blousy’ floral lacquered wallcovering.
London Interior Designer Stephen Ryan
I liked reading about the artist’s studio in Notting Hill and how the space seemed calm and full of ideas because it made art feel real and personal. It reminded me of a crazy week when I was overloaded with school work and felt so stressed that I thought about asking someone to take my exam online for me just to get a break. That time taught me how important it is to plan ahead and keep going even when it gets tough.
I read the post about Notting Hill and the artist’s studio, and it made me think about how creative spaces can shape the way people work and feel inspired every day. When school got really heavy last term, I once relied on Online Lab Takers and Helpers so I could manage tough practical work without falling behind. That made me see how having the right support can make hard tasks feel more doable.