{"id":481812,"date":"2026-03-18T07:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T07:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/481812\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T07:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T07:42:17","slug":"a-coolly-elegant-west-london-house-by-interior-designer-jessica-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/481812\/","title":{"rendered":"A coolly elegant west London house by interior designer Jessica Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to her skill you would never know, but the house is full of these practical considerations. Huge amounts of storage<\/a> is carved in, from a pantry to the glazed wall unit that hangs above the kitchen cupboards, which Jessica had made based on an antique original and fitted with nice old glass. \u2018I love how it gives another historic layer to the space,\u2019 she adds.<\/p>\n

When it came to decorating, it was about creating a restful space with soft colour. \u2018It didn\u2019t feel like a minimal house that would be all whites and neutrals,\u2019 explains Jessica. As such, the raised ground sitting room glows in \u2018Lute\u2019 by Edward Bulmer. \u2018At some point, we all realised that we had a love for mustard and it reminded the husband of a big squishy sofa that he grew up with.\u2019 Jessica created the couple\u2019s own version of that too, upholstering an Andrew Martin sofa in a loose cover made from a mustard velvet from George Spencer. \u2018Using colour and pattern sparingly throughout just makes the space feel like it really speaks,\u2019 explains Jessica. Contrary to her usual preference for colour drenching spaces, she has mixed that up a little here, painting the window frames in contrasting dark chocolates and blues. \u2018I was inspired by old Spitalfields houses<\/a>,\u2019 she explains. \u2018There was something that appealed to me and the clients about accentuating the windows.\u2019<\/p>\n

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In the sitting room on the raised ground floor, walls in Edward Bulmer’s \u2018Lute\u2019 provides a cheerful backdrop. \u2018It\u2019s a nice fresh, sunny room that feels so comfortable,’ explains Jessica. The sofa, upholstered in a loose cover made from a mustard velvet from George Spencer, is from Andrew Martin, while the ottoman was made bespoke and is upholstered in Guy Goodfellow’s \u2018Fez Weave’ and The Cloth Shop’s \u2018Khaki Linen\u2019 for the skirt.<\/p>\n

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For the main bedroom<\/a>, she has created a particularly pretty environment, combining walls in Atelier Ellis\u2019s \u2018Garden Party Green\u2019 with stonewashed linen drapes and a headboard \u2013 one of the few patterns in the house \u2013 upholstered in \u2018Adhira\u2019 by Alison Gee. The simple form of the iron four-poster bed belies the effort that went into creating it. \u2018It was so complicated to make and there was a lot of co-ordination between the metal worker, builder and curtain maker to get it right,\u2019 admits Jessica, with a smile. That knack for making things look effortless underpins a lot of what she does. The pair of wardrobes at the end of bed are a case point, based on a cabinet by the Secessionist period designer Koloman Mosser and built bespoke, along with much of the joinery in the house, by RNC Cabinetree. In the ensuite bathroom<\/a>, the shower \u2013 framed by an arch that mirrors the barrel-vaulted extension \u2013 Jessica spent ages developing a bespoke shower drain that felt worthy of the beautiful, bespoke marble floor it was being fitted into. \u2018My motto is that every detail should sing,\u2019 says the designer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thanks to her skill you would never know, but the house is full of these practical considerations. Huge…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,6642,7884,13907,1120,96,13905,20779,35815,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-481812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-city","tag-city-houses","tag-city-houses-with-contemporary-interiors","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-london-houses","tag-modern-houses","tag-quiet-interiors","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}