A Traditional English Nation Home Receives a Temper-Lifting Injection of Colour

London inside design Nicola Harding was the suitable particular person to show to. The homeowners, a pair with two boys, had been leaving London for rural Berkshire and life in a Georgian brick manse.

They appreciated the grandeur of their home—8,600 sq. toes, seven bedrooms—however how one can downplay the stuffy formality and lend the areas the suitable power and performance for a younger, trendy household?

First the structure demanded a rethink: “Because it was, you needed to stroll by sure rooms to get to others, making these areas really feel confused and uncomfortable. The home additionally had varied additions—the final homeowners created a big extension on the again that sucked life away from the unique a part of the constructing,” says Harding (who goes by her nickname Nix). “To maintain prices down, we saved structural work to a minimal, however had been capable of rework the stream of the bottom flooring by blocking doorways, making areas really feel much less corridor-like and extra cozy.”

Equally importantly Harding occurs to be a grasp colorist: she is each daring and deft in her choices not solely of paint, however art work and the numerous seating and lighting selections a dwelling this measurement requires. Her valentine to the home and its occupants comes courtesy of an intoxicating bouquet of blues and greens and stealth pinks which are solely transformative.

Pictures by Paul Massey, courtesy of Nicola Harding & Co.

In the direction of that finish, the dwelling areas, together with this nook of the lounge, are furnished with smooth locations to flop, organized, says Harding, “to create a sense of intimacy.” The couch is from tk.  The art work over it tk.