As Veere Grenney explains, his London apartment epitomises his life as a designer and his love of art, fabrics and colour … The first thing you see when you step into my apartment in Chesil Court, Ch
elsea, is a terracotta statue on a floating marble shelf in the hallway. Over the years, art, unusual objects and exceptional furniture have come and gone in my life and I find myself increasingly attached to very little. However, there are just a few things that I cannot bear to part with and this is one of them. I bought the statue in the 1970s and suspect it is late 19th century English, made in the expressive manner of Lord Leighton.
I designed the sofa to be like a Maison Jansen piece – sumptuous, grand and faintly louche – in brown silk velvet. Chocolate brown is warm and sophisticated as a shade and works beautifully with yellow, pink, blue – everything, really. It is the colour of the earth and therefore very versatile. The geometric carpet is a reinterpretation of a David Hicks original, the chintz is a Veere Grenney design for Schumacher.
The finished floor is reminiscent of Michael Inchbald’s 1960s lino floors which are made to look like marble. The chocolate lacquer walls are something I adore and are a reference – or homage, really – to the legendary decorator Billy Baldwin and his phenomenally chic East Side studio with its high-gloss chocolate walls. However, creating hand-lacquered surfaces is a laborious process.
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