In this weeks 'My Nest' feature, nosotros are chatting to London based fashion designer Gudrun in addition to taking a trivial peak within her earthy bohemian home. Full of beautiful natural fibers in addition to ethnic textiles, her domicile is perfect retreat to the hustle in addition to bustle of London.....
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Can y'all tell us a trivial combat nearly yourself in addition to where y'all live?
I alive inward Muswell Hill, North London amongst my beau in addition to our 2- twelvemonth former son. I’m Fashion Designer in addition to my beau is a author in addition to Managing Editor of a magazine called ‘The Idler’.
How did y'all abide by this beautiful domicile in addition to how long cause got y'all lived inward it?
We moved inward a calendar week earlier I gave birth. As y'all tin encounter from the pictures, we’re terrible hoarders, thence it was quite a chore boxing everything upward in addition to shifting it across London. Thankfully nosotros cause got got some truly keen friends who rallied circular in addition to helped us on moving day.
How would y'all depict your style/ aesthetic?
I am drawn to natural fibres in addition to textures similar woods in addition to ceramics inward earthy tones in addition to hues. The story is total of plants in addition to I honey handcrafted 1 off pieces - I cause got a existent matter for wicker baskets, wooden bowls in addition to ethnic textiles. Nothing is especially valuable or toll a lot but they are truly precious to me. Finding trivial things inward markets inward France, Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany in addition to merely about London way that every slice tells a story in addition to reminds me of where in addition to when nosotros bought it. I am inspired yesteryear books from the 70s similar 'Woodstock Handmade Homes’, ‘The Craftsman Builder’ in addition to ‘Houseboat’ I could await through them all twenty-four hours long in addition to never larn bored. I loathe that much overused give-and-take ‘boho’ but I suspect that our style does autumn into that bracket!
How has your domicile in addition to style changed since your boy was born?
To endure honest our style hasn’t truly changed since our boy was born, but forthwith the story is total of wooden toys - his favourites are his trivial tricycle in addition to rocking horse. We haven’t gone mad in addition to babe proofed everything. We are lucky equally he is pretty relaxed in addition to loves to flick through records amongst his daddy in addition to truly prefers to unpack the kitchen cupboards in addition to rearrange them rather than play amongst his toys!
What are your favourite things nearly living inward this area?
Before nosotros moved hither nosotros didn’t know the expanse at all thence it has been a joy to discovery it together equally a family. It is semi-rural inward a way amongst several woods on our doorstep for lovely walks in addition to lots of keen cafes in addition to tape shops. We are lucky to cause got a Steiner schoolhouse nearby where nosotros transcend away to the Parent & Child group.
Your ceramic collection is truly beautiful, where produce y'all purchase these pieces in addition to what attracted y'all to these color in addition to textures
Thank you! It has larn a existent obsession of mine to hunt downwards pieces that are made from natural materials. I abide by them inward all sorts of places from machine boots to charity shops in addition to fifty-fifty occasionally online.
Do y'all cause got a favourite room inward your home?
I suppose the sitting room is the 1 nosotros pass the most fourth dimension in. It is low-cal in addition to airy amongst a trivial balcony that nosotros sit down out on inward the summertime months. It is big plenty for our boy to roam merely about on his bike in addition to cart (for the moment!) in addition to is filled amongst our books in addition to records.
You cause got an enviably huge tape collection, when did that start? What are y'all currently listening to?
The records are mainly my boyfriend’s - he has a bad vinyl addiction! He has been collecting since he was a trivial boy, taken to shops in addition to machine boots in addition to initiated into the tape collecting world yesteryear his dad. At the 2nd nosotros cause got been listening to our friend Flo Morrissey’s debut album which is truly beautiful - likewise former favourites similar Judee Sill, Jackson Browne, The Incredible String Band in addition to Cass Mccombs - in addition to of class Raffi gets played on a daily soil for the trivial man, he loves his songs!
What are y'all currently reading?
Well nosotros don’t larn much fourth dimension to read these days! I currently cause got a pile of guide books on the transcend away to California equally nosotros are heading over at that spot inward the spring. If anyone has whatever tips of things to produce when nosotros are over at that spot thence permit us know!
If y'all could go either dorsum inward fourth dimension or to a far off province to choose grip of some interior items where would y'all go?
Definitely the 1970s! That is the era that I ever come upward dorsum to. Fashion wise in addition to interiors wise it is total of amazing designs in addition to has a timeless style all of its own. Almost every twenty-four hours I post upward inspiration images mainly from the 1970s on my instagram occupation organisation human relationship river_of_daisies. It’s been a real joy to connect amongst like-minded people all merely about the world.
Do y'all cause got whatever recommendations of places to store inward London?
We honey going to Portobello market. We lived merely upward the route from it for years in addition to fifty-fifty though it is non equally skillful equally it used to be, it all the same has a magical atmosphere in addition to nosotros know most of the traders thence it is fun to transcend away in addition to chat to them. Julian (my boyfriend) lately wrote a volume nearly the expanse called Portobello Road: Lives of a Neighbourhood, looking at the terminal 60 years telling the story of the street. Nowadays it is to a greater extent than famous equally the location for the celluloid Notting Hill but of class inward the 60s in addition to 70s it was the counter-cultural majuscule of London amongst many fashion in addition to music trends emanating from there. He tracked downwards most of the of import figures connected to the street in addition to interviewed them - it’s a fascinating read fifty-fifty if I produce state thence myself!
Do y'all cause got whatever wishing listing items ?
There are ever to a greater extent than things that i desire to purchase for the story but nosotros are express yesteryear infinite or lack of it. To endure honest I tend to hold off in addition to encounter what I spot out on the markets in addition to machine boots rather than having a wishing listing - in addition to thence when I encounter something I desire I can’t imagine how I ever lived without it! Those wicker chairs inward the sitting room for event were picked upward from a French brocante terminal summertime for a pair of Euros in addition to they are thence comfortable I never desire to occupation amongst them.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 massive give cheers y'all to Gudrun in addition to household unit of measurement for letting us into her domicile xx
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