Property News · June 3, 2018

Winning patterns: a Northumbrian renaissance


The rich colours of Tuscany reign in designer Susi Bellamy’s home near NewcastleLike a corner of northern Italy transposed to Northumbria, Susi Bellamy’s house has all the confidence and swagger of a modern palazzo. Tousle-haired busts gaze at gilded frames and silvery mirrors keep company with Susi’s own designs: velvet cushions, tables or lampshades in deep oranges, Borgia reds and Medici greens. Even the architecture of this five-bedroom apartment carved from a vertical slice of an Edwardian country mansion is classical: the colonnaded portico and pilasters grounded in Renaissance proportions.It reminds Bellamy of Florence, where she lived with her family for six years when her husband, an energy consultant, was posted to Italy. “I’d taken a career break to bring up our children so I had time to absorb the city… It’s that mix of old and new which I loved: the contrast of a Pucci pattern against a crumbling palazzo wall; the coffee bars and the traditional shops selling gilded frames and marbled papers. It really did feel as if I’d died and gone to heaven,” she laughs. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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