For those who’re adopted alongside right here for some time, you’ll know we’re longtime acolytes of Ochre. (Actually. We first wrote in regards to the furnishings and lighting model means again in 2011.)
Based by designers Joanna Bibby and Harriet Maxwell Macdonald, and joined a couple of years later by Solenne de la Fouchardière, the outfit focuses on what they name “the great thing about the understated.” Put one other means: “Working with the imperfections of pure supplies that always really feel as if that they had a lifetime of their very own, they push the boundaries of design, marrying conventional craftsmanship with the barest of fresh traces.” Proper up our avenue. (And! Ochre has simply opened a showroom in NYC. “It’s a big house that provides our designs room to breathe,” Solenne says. “Our new Marea Murano glass pendant lights look mesmerizing.”)
Once we we toured Solenne’s personal place a couple of years again (see At House in Islington), and have been keen about the way in which its heat and historical past (cobbled flooring, tough brick fire) mingled with clear glass and Solenne’s lithe furnishings. Immediately, Solenne takes our Fast Takes questionnaire, revealing her newest indulgence, an surprising colour for the kitchen, and what’s on her nightstand.
You’re invited to dinner. What’s your go-to present?
Selfmade jam/pesto.
What’s in your bedside desk?
As little as attainable, however at the very least a glass of water and a guide and a few lavender oil.
What’s your desert island design/artwork/architecture-related guide?
Axel Vervoordt.
What’s a movie or TV present whose aesthetic has caught with you?
Three Colors trilogy
Which Instagram account do you go to for design inspiration?
Francis Gallery
What has been your greatest home improve?
A backyard room
My favourite sheets are…
CEC Milano
My favourite paint colour for the bed room is…
CEC Milano
My unpopular design opinion is…
Use gentle pink paint in kitchens.
Your design pet peeve?
Being obsessive about lining up rooms/volumes/curtains, and so forth.
My go-to kitchen utensil is…
A juicer
First design love?
A jewellery field from my grandmother.
What’s the very last thing you bought for your home?
A portray by a Japanese artist Teruhisa YAMANOBE.
Three phrases that describe my design model:
Earthy, homely, uncluttered.
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