Côte de People founder Sophie Rowell moonlights as a campanologist. Let me prevent from having to Google the time period and let you know now {that a} campanologist is one who rings church bells. It could look like an odd facet gig for a vogue stylist-turned-interior designer (named a “Rising Star” by Home & Backyard U.Ok. final yr), however one peek at her initiatives and it is sensible: Sophie makes properties sing.
Working example: this condominium in a maisonette in Hackney, London, that Sophie designed for her consumer, Daniela Nardelli, and her canine, Tulip. “The flat, when she purchased it, had really been ‘carried out up’ however to not her style—it was very medical and lacked soul,” she says (scroll to the underside to see the “earlier than”). So Sophie set about including colour, sample, texture, and femininity to the flat. “Extra is extra. My favorite a part of the method is arising with schemes and sample play.”
Beneath, Sophie explains how she composed a candy and comfortable first house for her consumer.
Pictures by Kane Hulse, courtesy of Côte de People.
Above: Sophie’s favourite a part of the undertaking? “I feel the tiled hearth and the color palette within the sitting room,” which was initially a bed room with white wall-to-wall built-in cupboards. “To disclose the form of the unique room and have the ability to add all that texture was an actual win, while nonetheless conserving storage on both facet however with a way more elegant design.” The pink zellige tiles are from Otto Tiles.Above: “The armchair was an outdated one I discovered on Vinterior that I had restored and reupholstered in Studio Atkinson Checkerboard Material.” The facet desk is from Zara Dwelling.Above: “I really like to look at TV, however I additionally, as a designer, hate having to accommodate an enormous black field into such a serene, stunning scheme,” says Sophie. Her answer: “wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling curtains for (a) the window and balcony door and (b) to cover the ugly TV!”Above: Sophie loves classic textiles, notably Kantha quilts from India. “Drape one over the headboard to create a brand new look with little or no expense.” The classic blue and turquoise quilts listed here are each from The Potting Shed Folkestone, as is the vase.Above: Concerning the single curtain panel, pinned up on facet: “We have been operating out of finances and time, so this was a simple, cheaper option to costume the window and was additionally in line with our ‘tenting’ really feel for the room,” says Sophie who employs the identical tactic in her own residence. The petite tulip gentle is classic.
