Unusual colours, watery patterns and jewel-like details bring ebb and flow to this Docklands property
Clouds scurry across the hallway of this London flat. Not real ones, of course, but the low-lying stratocumuli of a monochrome wallpaper by Fornasetti. It’s a clever device, calculated to pull your gaze towards the view of the Thames which flows directly beneath this eighth-floor home in a watery ribbon of greens and browns that change with the seasons.
Rachel Chudley, who designed the interior, likens the hallway to a “birthing portal… you step through the front door and – whoosh! – you’re immediately transported towards the river.” Her growing reputation for expressive style has drawn likeminded clients, such as Lulu Guinness, doyenne of vintage bag design. This project, however, was closer to home.