next-level luxe

Designer Peter Mikic has reinvented a top-floor 1920s apartment with a contemporary take on glamour that also works for family life

- Jo Leevers

‘There’s a beauty to spaces that were purpose-built – they all have a story,’ says interior designer Peter Mikic, who has added a further layer of glamour to this 1920s apartment in west London. It belongs to Gia, Edmondo and their two sons and proved an inspiring jumping-off point for Peter’s imagination. ‘I like to think it was first used as a pied-à-terre, perhaps by a bachelor or an elegant couple who dined out lots and then retired to a country home at the weekends,’ he smiles.

The original layout reflected this kind of lifestyle, with a small, functional kitchen at the rear of the building, which was darker and felt separate from the entertaining spaces at the front. ‘Gia was keen for the rooms to work for modern family life, so we moved the kitchen to the front, where it is open to the dining room and feels connected to the living room. Then, the cosier spaces for watching TV and sleeping are at the back,’ he says.