Color and Quirk: Inside a Shopkeeper’s 1930s English Home

Photography by Sandy Suffield, unless noted

Take a look at shopkeeper Victoria Suffield and her husband Phil Webb’s much-loved 1930’s brick house in Winchester, England, with Victoria's eye for display and for objects that gladden the heart:

Victoria’s version of a pajaki, a traditional Polish straw chandelier, hangs on the door to the sitting room.

Jackson mans the family’s Habitat sofa, dog-proofed with a blanket bought in Lisbon at A Vida Portuguesa.

A pillow made from an antique silk log-cabin quilt rests on a vintage bench that came out of a doctor’s office.

The previous owners installed the sitting room’s Victorian marble mantel; the antique pitcher and glove form are from Victoria’s ceramics collection.

Victoria uses the sitting room bookshelves as an opportunity for display.

The brick fireplace in the hall was once used to warm guests on arrival.

Phil formerly managed a contract furniture business, “so we have the required Eames and Robin Day chairs and some amazing lights,” says Victoria.

A pair of Caravaggio lights by Cecilie Manz hang in front of the original china cabinet.

The children’s rooms are on the second floor.