Sorbet For The Soul

Designer Michelle Kelly has mixed mid-century style with ice-cream shades to create a soothing take on seaside living

- Mark C O’Flaherty

My taste is for ice-cream colours, William Morris and Liberty florals – a mix that’s refreshing and unexpected but also cosy,’ says Michelle Kelly of the Suffolk seaside home she has created for media couple Rob Newland and Jo Lavender. ‘They didn’t want the usual coastal house with blue-and-white stripes. They liked the way I wanted to mix up greens and pinks and unusual colours. I think there’s a place for something different by the sea now.’