Rich Seam

Hotel founder and creative director Kit Kemp embroiders every inch of her interiors with colourful details. She shares her style ethic in an extract from her latest book.

- Kit Kemp

In the 1920s, Virginia Woolf wrote a small book, A Room of One’s Own, which grew out of a lecture she had been invited to give at Girton College, Cambridge. As well as giving us one of the greatest feminist debates about women and fiction, equality and women’s rights, it also left us with the valuable notion that if you do not have a comfortable room and feel at ease with your surroundings, it is much more difficult to be creative.

Creating comfortable, functional and well-designed interiors is not rocket science, but it is very often misunderstood and underrated. Having a pleasant and happy room of one’s own is important for our wellbeing. To be able to turn the key in the lock and find oneself surrounded by much-loved objects and the colours that make us feel cheerful must surely be one of life’s greatest luxuries. I personally would add that to be welcomed home by a dog wagging its tail provides you with the ultimate feeling of being loved.