Property News · May 21, 2017

My treasure trove home: world tour in a flat


A jewellery maker’s flat is bedecked with artefacts from his travelsWhen the door to Peter Adler’s flat opens, it’s like entering Tutankhamun’s tomb or Ali Baba’s cave. There isn’t an inch of wall or floor without its treasures, brought back from Peter’s travels. The flat is like a grand bazaar: India jostles with Thailand, Bali, China, Japan, Peru, Ghana, Cameroon and Nigeria.Where others might have a shoe-rack in their hall, Peter, owner of jewellery company Pebble London, has a low trestle table piled with conch and cowrie shells. Above the shells hang rows of necklaces, some of Peter’s own design, others sewn from old silk saris by a women’s charity in India. Brightest are the hanging Thai pompom garlands dyed turquoise and fuchsia. “You have to love a pompom,” says Peter. “So cheering.” Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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