This is the London house of footwear designer Patrick Cox. It effectively demonstrates a design element that I have mentioned before, and that is not making a museum out of the period you enjoy.
Clearly Cox is a fan of the Empire period, but he admits that in his previous house he decorated it too much like a period piece, giving it a museum quality which he grew to dislike as much as his friends.
So in this endeavour he has still kept the favoured pieces, but he's mixed them into a more contemporary palette, to great effect.
The simplicity of the lines, and the added light, both natural and mirrored enhances the overall scheme.
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