Mix and Match: A Masterful Notting Hill Apartment by Beata Heuman
Photography by Simon Brown
The interior designer Beata Heuman’s latest project—an open-plan apartment in London’s Notting Hill—is fizzing with ideas. “This was a real blank canvas for us to play with,” explains the Swedish-born, London-based designer. “The apartment was very much an anonymous shell that was hard to attribute to any particular period. For us, it became the perfect place to experiment."
The London project was the first open plan space the studio has designed.
The entrance lobby with a view through to the utility room.
The curve of the new staircase has changed the tone of the entrance and the flow of the space above.
A circular table echos the curve of the staircase whilst the chunky butcher’s block functions as a kitchen island.
What was once a bedroom has become the ply-paneled library.
The library leads through into the “studio,” with access to a large roof terrace.
On the ground floor, a laminate parquet floor was painted fuchsia pink and knocked back using several specialist washes.
The fuchsia flooring continues through into the main bedroom, which features a bespoke bench covered in Beata’s Dappled Velvet.
The main bathroom with granite flooring, and a vintage slipper chair covered in Beata’s Palm Drop fabric.