We Aren't Traditional

RACHAEL AND ALEX'S RELAXED FUNCTIONAL HOME IS A BLEND OF VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE, MID-CENTURY MODERN AND PALM SPRINGS SHADES

- By Claire Bingham

Home Notes

Who lives here?

Rachael Otterwell, founder of brand consultancy Rachael Otterwell Studio, lives here with husband Alex, founder of Auteur Store and their daughter Jeanie, three.

The property

A three-bedroom Victorian terraced house in Heaton Moor, Greater Manchester.

1 "Display art that's personal to you and has meaning"

This poster combines our love for mid-century art, vivid colour and happy times spent in New York. My passion for design feeds into my own business consultancy, rachaelotterwellstudio.co.uk.'

BUY THE KEY PIECES

Sunday In New York by Mucha Ihnatowicz print, £75, Projekt 26. Mid-century table, £1,049, West Elm. Bespoke radiator, price on request, Castrads

2 "Embrace an awkwardly shaped room

'Our house is at the end of a cul-de-sac, which translates as lots of crazy angles. The kitchen layout, however, makes good use of the space. L-shaped units divide it from the breakfast room in the extension, which we altered when we moved in."

BUY THE KEY PIECES

Bespoke teak cabinet and unit fronts, price on request, David Marsh Furniture. Walls in India Yellow modern emulsion, £63 for 2.5ltr, Farrow & Ball

3 "When we moved in the extension wasn't as exciting"

'The breakfast room originally had two small windows, but we wanted a large one and we couldn't afford a brand-new kitchen, so changed the cupboard fronts. Renovating had its challenges. There's no rear access, so everything had to come through the front door or be craned in from our neighbour's garden behind."