{"id":149688,"date":"2025-03-02T21:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-love-a-home-with-a-story-inside-a-designers-colourful-london-home\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T08:40:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T01:40:45","slug":"i-love-a-home-with-a-story-inside-a-designers-colourful-london-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-love-a-home-with-a-story-inside-a-designers-colourful-london-home\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I love a home with a story\u2019: inside a designer\u2019s colourful London home"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nDesigner Lou Rota shares her use of space, colour and nature to create a legacy homeJust as the British designer Lou Rota is enjoying what you might call a third act in her career \u2013 from graduating as a graphic designer to working on pop videos, then science and natural history documentaries to making and decorating tableware and furniture for the likes of Anthropologie \u2013 her house, too, is enjoying a new lease of life.Lou and her husband, Gavin (director at a television production company), bought their three-bed, three-bath Edwardian terrace in west London 23 years ago. It has seen them through being parents to small daughters Rosie and Ava, \u2013 who then grew up and took over every inch of space as teens (with their friends in tow) \u2013 to becoming empty nesters when both girls went to university. Now, it is back to providing a convivial backdrop for a busy, bustling family as all four adults once again share the house. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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