Fashion show

Home to the founder of a cult accessories label, this apartment was always going to be super stylish

- Fleur Britten

LIVING ROOM

'I didn't want to see a TV, so I designed a floor-toceiling cabinet using wooden rods to conceal it,' says homeowner Elza Wandler (opposite, with husband Joost Doeswijk).

Bolle Cielo chandelier, Gallotti&Radice. Slice Me Up coffee table by Pietro Franceschini. Vintage armchair, Annie Hieronimus for Cinna. Ball cushion, Gotain. Bishop side table, India Mahdavi. Vintage Camaleonda sofa, Mario Bellini for B&B Italia. Artwork (right) by Marria Pratts

Although fashion designer Elza Wandler’s Amsterdam home took only three months to renovate, the thinking behind it had been incubating since at least 2017, when she first launched her sleek, sculptural handbag label, Wandler. With a love of aesthetics that ranges far beyond accessory design, Elza has, in that time, created strong networks with artists with whom she wanted to collaborate, and applied her creative eye to designing interior spaces to host her pieces — showrooms, pop-up shops, events and so on ~ all the while honing her design vision. So after Elza and her husband, Joost Doeswijk, bought their two-storey home, just outside the historic canal ring of Amsterdam, she was quite ready to make her distinctive mark on the place.

DINING AREA

'I found the marble as leftover pieces at a marble factory. The dark brown is very powerful, which I love,' says Elza. 'I like to play with textures, like fabric, glass, stone and wood. It makes everything more eclectic.'

Tan leather LC7 chairs, Charlotte Perriand at Cassina. Bespoke marble table, Red Stone, Amsterdam. White ceramic vase, L'Objet. Glass chandelier, David Marshall