{"id":485755,"date":"2026-03-20T11:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/485755\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:49:09","slug":"a-gallerists-victorian-mansion-block-flat-filled-with-treasured-craft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/485755\/","title":{"rendered":"A gallerist’s Victorian mansion block flat, filled with treasured craft"},"content":{"rendered":"

The project ended up being a complete gut job \u2013 walls came down, all the electrics were redone and the doors were removed between rooms (bar the bathroom<\/a>), so there is now not only a wonderful sense of flow, but unfathomably high entrances to its three rooms. \u2018I\u2019m largely here on my own, so it\u2019s nice for it to feel like one space,\u2019 explains Sarah. Ceilings were left in raw plaster, while walls were painted in soft chalky paint<\/a> colours from Farrow & Ball<\/a>. Beautiful gnarly bits of timber from Fallen & Felled have been fashioned into a floating shelf in her bedroom, while the oak floors were repurposed from one of Sarah\u2019s Collect stands a few years before, providing a calm, tactile backdrop to the main event \u2013 her collection of craft. Although her son is now grown up, Sarah admits that \u2018craft and children aren\u2019t really compatible\u2019, so this felt like a thrilling new experience where she could put her collection front and centre.<\/p>\n

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Pieces by woodworkers Liam Flynn and Nic Webb sit on the bespoke shelves in the sitting room, along with an oak vessel by Ash & Plumb.<\/p>\n

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A tiled coffee table by Matthew Raw plays host to Sarah’s collection of ceramics and craft books.<\/p>\n

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Sarah’s flat in Barnes is home to her extensive craft collection, which includes ceramics by Sara Flynn and Jonathan Keep, and wooden pieces by John Jordan, Liam Flynn, Eleanor Lakelin and Nic Webb. In the sitting room, a bespoke unit made by Joss Stoddart showcases a mix of works, including ceramics by Aneta Regel.<\/p>\n

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The flat has a simple layout, with a narrow hallway<\/a>, leading to a lobby off which are the three main rooms \u2013 the kitchen, the sitting room and the bedroom. The bedroom is a potted history of Sarah\u2019s life in the art and craft world. A print by John Hoyland is particularly meaningful, with him being one of the first artists she exhibited when she was showing fine art 30 years ago, while Peter Marigold\u2019s intriguing cedar \u2018bleed\u2019 cabinet is another special piece. \u2018It reminds me of when I transitioned from fine art into design,\u2019 explains Sarah of the piece, which she bought in 2014. \u2018It\u2019s an example of how successful furniture can be an art statement as well,\u2019 she adds. At the end of her bed sits one of Gareth Neal and Kevin Gauld\u2019s \u2018Brodgar\u2019 straw-woven benches, which Sarah sells through The New Craftsmaker, and then up on the shelves beyond the Peter Marigold cabinet is a figurine that her mother carved when she was 18 and doing an art foundation course. \u2018All these pieces are like my diary and I never feel lonely because I\u2019m surrounded by things that speak to me and tell stories.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The project ended up being a complete gut job \u2013 walls came down, all the electrics were redone…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,120596,1120,127223,96,29039,655,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-485755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-craft","tag-design","tag-design-industry","tag-entertainment","tag-houses-belonging-to-interesting-people","tag-lifestyle","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485755","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=485755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}