Nara Interiors

Chelsea London

London, United Kingdom
Independent design study
Concept study — not built

Chelsea London is a study in a classical London house, where the existing architecture is kept intact and given room to be read.

Deep cornicing, fluted pilasters, tall sash windows and a chequerboard marble floor carry the character of the rooms. Against them the furniture is deliberately of today — soft bouclé forms, sculptural lamps and low dark timber pieces — so the interior feels calm and current rather than period.

A restrained palette of marble, lime plaster, walnut and oxblood runs from the entrance hall through the drawing room, kitchen and bedroom, holding the sequence of rooms together.

ScopeInterior design, materials and FF&E
Key materialsMarble, lime plaster, walnut, bouclé, oxblood
Entrance hall with a chequerboard marble floor bordered in oxblood, fluted pilasters, a fossil-stone console beneath a sculptural timber mirror and a fanlight over the front door
Drawing room with tall sash windows and linen curtains, deep cornicing and fluted pilasters, a curved bouclé sofa and olive-green armchairs on herringbone parquet
Kitchen with a marble island and stools, pale panelled cabinetry, a stone chimney hood and three glass pendants over herringbone parquet
Bedroom with a bouclé bed against a full-width dark timber headboard wall, bronze reading lamps, a black leather chaise and a large abstract canvas

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