CITY SLICKER

Turner Pocock’s design brief was to create a sophisticated, hotel-style bolthole for their discerning clients – job done

- ALI HEATH

When your clients ask you to design their London pied-à-terre, you know that you will have some fun mixing things up,’ says Emma Pocock, joint founder of Turner Pocock. No ordinary brief, this second home was chosen for its city merits – a one-floor apartment, spacious enough to accommodate living, cooking and entertaining, but desired purely as a boutique home for short London stays. ‘When you don’t have to be practical and reflect the constraints of everyday needs, it represents a fabulous opportunity to create something very special,’ says Emma.

Situated in a sought-after Victorian mansion block close to the river in Chelsea, the three-bedroom home needed no structural work. ‘The architectural bones and cabinetry were already beautiful,’ says Emma. ‘The project was about making decorative additions to bring spaces to life and instilling a sense of understated glamour.’