Côte de Folk founder Sophie Rowell moonlights as a campanologist. Let me save you from having to Google the term and tell you now that a campanologist is one who rings church bells. It may seem like an odd side gig for a fashion stylist-turned-interior designer (named a “Rising Star” by House & Garden U.K. last year), but one peek at her projects and it makes sense: Sophie makes homes sing.
Case in point: this apartment in a maisonette in Hackney, London, that Sophie designed for her client, Daniela Nardelli, and her dog, Tulip. “The flat, when she bought it, had actually been ‘done up’ but not to her taste—it was very clinical and lacked soul,” she says (scroll to the bottom to see the “before”). So Sophie set about adding color, pattern, texture, and femininity to the flat. “More is more. My favourite part of the process is coming up with schemes and pattern play.”
Below, Sophie explains how she composed a sweet and cozy first home for her client.
Photography by Kane Hulse, courtesy of Côte de Folk.
![sophie\2\17;s favorite part of the project? \2\20;i think the til 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sophie-rowell-code-de-folk-glenarm-road-living-733x489.jpg)
![sophie rowell code de folk glenarm road chair crop](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sophie-rowell-code-de-folk-glenarm-road-chair-crop-733x861.jpg)
![\2\20;i love to watch tv, but i also, as a designer, hate having to acco 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sophie-rowell-code-de-folk-glenarm-road-tv-733x489.jpg)
![sophie loves vintage textiles, particularly kantha quilts from india. \2 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sophie-rowell-code-de-folk-glenarm-road-basket-quilts-733x1099.jpg)
![about the single curtain panel, pinned up on side: \2\20;we were running 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sophie-rowell-code-de-folk-glenarm-road-curtains-733x916.jpg)
![\2\20;the wallpaper was purely for daniela\2\17;s own joy while s 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sophie-rowell-code-de-folk-glenarm-road-nook-733x1100.jpg)
![the previous bathroom was sleek and modern. sophie softened it with terracotta 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sophie-rowell-code-de-folk-glenarm-road-shower-733x1100.jpg)
![a charming tableau thanks to an antique wall shelf and vintage finds. the room 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sophie-rowell-code-de-folk-glenarm-road-toilet-733x1093.jpg)
![the arts and crafts mirror is from soap and salvation; the sconces feature vint 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sophie-rowell-code-de-folk-glenarm-road-mirror-733x1100.jpg)
Before
![cote de folk hackney apartment before](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cote-de-folk-hackney-apartment-before-733x977.jpeg)
![cote de folk hackney apartment before 2](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cote-de-folk-hackney-apartment-before-2-733x977.jpeg)
See also:
- Grandparent Style: 13 Design Ideas to Steal from a New Mountain Retreat in California
- A Masterful Mix-and-Match Apartment in London by Beata Heuman
- The Case for Cozy: Designer Lonika Chande’s Family Cottage in West London
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