Tim and Kit Kemp are hoteliers who have designed numerous boutique hotels, including the Haymarket and Soho in London and the Crosby Street Hotel in New York City.
Junior Suite at the Soho Hotel – image via Firmdale Hotels
The couple lives in a 1920s London townhouse near Hyde Park. Their home is filled with wonderful colours and patterns, just like the hotel rooms that they design. Here’s the groovy couple… love those purple go-go boots!
Isn’t the arched bronze front door awesome? If you’re wondering what that big thing on the floor is, it’s a beehive found in France!
The house revolves around the barrel-shape kitchen. The cabinets are limed wood and the flooring is bleached wood. The wing chair is upholstered in a patchwork of tea towels.
The adjoining sunroom is a casual eating space and is the closest thing in the house to a dining room. I love the bright pink & white fabric on the head chairs, and how pretty is the view to the garden?
The living room is open to the kitchen. I really like the combination of the floral and striped fabrics and the red piping on the sofa.
The library is filled with colour and pattern, and of course, books!
The loft has a great vaulted ceiling, and you can just see more books in the upper right corner. Wonder how you get up there!
The grandest room in the house is the drawing room. Tim’s grand piano is in this room, and the Kemps enjoy the fireplace in the drawing room on cold winter nights. Kit expresses her passion for decorating and collecting in this room. It’s filled with her finds, like antique wood panels that she cleaned and hung on the walls in strips.
The master bedroom has a more traditional look and feel than the rest of the house.
And the guest bedroom is an ode to black & white! Maybe a bit of toile overkill, but I think it works. I really like how the zebra rug gives the otherwise traditional room some funkiness.
I love how the Kemps have managed to create a home that’s both elegant and relaxed. This is a house that just has to bring a smile to your face every time you walk through the front door :-)
Source: ELLE Decor
Unless otherwise noted, all photos from ELLE Decor and all photos by by Simon Upton
That's my kind of happy. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous rooms, Kelly! I love those bedrooms!
ReplyDeleteOoooh I love it! Especially that incredible sun room! :)
ReplyDeleteI am absolutely in love with this house, especially the kitchen/livingroom combo. Gorgeous and fun.
ReplyDeleteWonderful post Kelly. I love that barrel shaped kitchen!!
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love their fabric choices. In my next life, I'm coming back as a fabric designer.
ReplyDeleteI just love the colour in that 1st photo - happy weekend Kelly!
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ReplyDeleteWhat true originals and it shows in their home-work. Bursts of color always say "hey look alive" and I like that.
Bette
What a couple, what a home! Love the art piece over the fireplace and a curved kitchen. WOW!
ReplyDeleteHoly toile! That is some room :) I love the curved wall detail in their kitchen. It is something you don't really see, adds a wonderful warmth to the space, like a hug :)
ReplyDeleteKudos to the Kemps and their colours !
ReplyDeleteHave a picture here and there of their home but not all. Great color combinations and great style
ReplyDeleteBold and vibrant! Such fun to live in a colourful home filled with great artwork and accessories. Love the lamps and tables of their living room... and their library! Wouldn't it be nice to incorporate a lofty library filled with books - and the ladder with which to retrieve them!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous house, love the use of colour. I have been thinking about colour for our new living space and this gives me some inspiration. G
ReplyDeleteWhat intriguing originals..a home with pesonality. Happy Sunday, Kelly
ReplyDeleteWou! Their home is super colorful and happy! The last image is just perfect! XoXo
ReplyDeleteBeautiful home with amazing combination of colors! I like especially the living room and those floral chairs are absolutely lovely ... Great post Kelly!
ReplyDeleteSunshine & smiles to you! (-:
What a lovely post, I hadn't seen their home before. I was fortunate to attend a lecture recently given by Kit and she was so delightful and fascinating. She's really knowledgeable and generous with her time and also her sources, she was able to list every source from every photo of her work.
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