Contemporary personality in a period property

Art Nouveau Gem

  • Balanced contemporary and traditional pieces beneath the flat's original features

  • Built the scheme around inherited art and objects

  • Designed at pace in Brussels, while onboarding a new job and commuting from London

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Bright living room with large windows, featuring a gray sofa with patterned pillows, a brown leather sofa with patterned pillows, a white armchair, a round coffee table with books, a green desk lamp, and a tall green potted plant. There is artwork on the wall and a modern wooden chandelier hanging from the ceiling.
Bright living room with large windows, featuring a gray sofa with patterned pillows, a brown leather sofa with patterned pillows, a white armchair, a round coffee table with books, a green desk lamp, and a tall green potted plant. There is artwork on the wall and a modern wooden chandelier hanging from the ceiling.
Sunlight casts shadows on a white wall with a framed abstract line art picture, a small wall-mounted light, and a large green plant with long leaves in the foreground, with a wooden floor.
Sunlight casts shadows on a white wall with a framed abstract line art picture, a small wall-mounted light, and a large green plant with long leaves in the foreground, with a wooden floor.
A dining room with a large white table set with black, blue, and white dishware, surrounded by decorative black and red chairs. The room features a white fireplace mantel decorated with vases, a clock, and a candle. Large green plants flank the mantel. A colorful painting hangs above the fireplace, and a modern chandelier with multiple exposed bulbs hangs from the ceiling, centered in the room.
A hallway with wooden flooring, white surround walls, and multiple windows allowing natural light, viewed from behind black-framed glass doors.
A hallway with wooden flooring, white surround walls, and multiple windows allowing natural light, viewed from behind black-framed glass doors.

Long before I thought I’d become an interior designer, I moved with an exciting job to Brussels. Equally as exciting to me, was the architecture of the city. Large flats, many built in the 1920s and 1930s, with spacious rooms, high ceilings, and period features.

I took one for myself on the famous Avenue Louise and relished designing it at pace, while onboarding into the new job and commuting between London and Brussels for my first month.

My starting point was the art and objects I had inherited, allowing their colours and shapes to spill into the furniture and soft furnishings. From there, I built a lightly eclectic space: complementary textures and materials, juxtaposing contemporary furniture and traditional elements, and arranging furniture formally underneath the cornices, ceiling roses, and contemporary light pieces. Planting on the balconies and potted plants inside brought nature to the central, urban location.

With such a beautiful, light filled space, I chose to furnish gently, respecting the original architecture, and balancing between my personality and the history of the home.

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