{Rose Uniacke has made a few appearances here before, but have never shared her own London home. Sta

{Rose Uniacke has made a few appearances here before, but have never shared her own London home. Stately but simple. Effortlessly elegant.} It’s rare to find a home that is unequivocally elegant, where no yard of fabric, piece of furniture, or dangling light fixture can be questioned for its quality or importance in the space. But such is the case for Rose Uniacke’s London home. The interior designer, antiques dealer, and architect purchased this Georgian Revival-style home in 2007 with husband David Heyman, the producer of the Harry Potter films, and their five children. “It was an institution when we bought it, but it started life as a home in the 19th century,” says Uniacke. The home was built in 1861 by artist James Rannie Swinton, a portraitist for high society. “It became the Grosvenor School of Art in the ’20s. We spent three years restoring it and bringing it back to life.”  A home as stately as this, with soaring ceilings and cavernous rooms, is a challenge to make comfortable. But, Uniacke rose to it with characteristic grace. “I take time and try to get the context and the feeling of the space correct for the period,” she says. “I like to add a contemporary feeling and I take great care in the choice of furniture. Sometimes a room is built around one significant piece. I like to give furniture room to breathe. A feeling of space is essential in my work.” As each room flows so effortlessly into another, the question of what materials Uniacke keeps in her arsenal naturally arises. Her knowledge of antiques serves her well as a renovator, as many of her favorite materials come from the history books. Distemper, an ancient type of paint made of water, chalk, and pigment, is a favorite for interior walls. She also uses tadelakt, a traditional Moroccan plaster finish used for its lustrous, undulating quality and water resistance.  -- source link
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