{"id":3169,"date":"2024-03-28T07:11:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T23:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/2024\/03\/28\/designer-visit-rough-rustic-and-refined-with-twig-hutchinson\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T07:11:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T23:11:36","slug":"designer-visit-rough-rustic-and-refined-with-twig-hutchinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/fr\/designer-visit-rough-rustic-and-refined-with-twig-hutchinson\/","title":{"rendered":"Visite d'un designer : Brut, rustique et raffin\u00e9 avec Twig Hutchinson"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few years ago, we spotted and fell for UK interior stylist Twig Hutchinson\u2019s summerhouse at the back of her London garden. So we were interested when she emailed us recently about some changes she\u2019s made to her early Victorian house at the front of her garden.<\/p>\n

As an interior and prop stylist, Hutchinson\u2019s design skills are highly sought after by a client list that reads like the interior cognoscenti of the London design world; Homes & Gardens<\/em>, Marie Claire Maison<\/em>, Toast, Wedgewood, and Fired Earth, to name just a few. With regard to her own house, she has combined a small dining room and separate kitchen into one room, refurbished her bathroom, and made a few tweaks to the summerhouse, improving its usability for photo shoots. \u201cI\u2019m very fortunate in that I have been able to see some amazing houses as part of my work,\u201d\u009d she says. \u201cIt means I am constantly inspired to try new things.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n

Photography by Rahel Weiss, courtesy of Twig Hutchinson.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n


Above: \u201cI am definitely influenced by my love of France,\u201d Hutchinson says. \u201cParticularly in the way they use old doors and shutters to make cupboards.\u201d The use of curtains in the lower cabinets is a typical detail in French country kitchens (Twig uses Striped Navy Ticking from Ian Mankin). While Hutchinson\u2019s kitchen cabinets are from Habitat, she customized them by painting them with Oak Apple from Fired Earth and by changing the handles to reclaimed sash window handles she sourced at Sunbury Antiques market.
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Above: Apple crates hang on the wall and are used as storage, while a dresser has been made from antique shutters. \u201cMy motto is \u2018It\u2019s all in the mix\u2019,\u201d she says. \u201cSo I like to add the unexpected to break things up a bit. I particularly love the Concrete Pendant Lights above the kitchen table and I like to use harder, more masculine industrial pieces, to add an edge.\u201d <\/p>\n


Above: A tall cupboard has been painted with chalkboard paint (the washing machine and the boiler are hidden behind its doors).,

Above: Hutchinson adds an antique larder cabinet into the mix.
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Above: Hutchinson used Sanderson Grey on the walls and Oak Apple (both from Fired Earth) on the woodwork and trim.
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Above: \u201cI wanted the kitchen to be an eclectic mix; not a streamlined space,\u201d Hutchinson says. \u201cI like the mix of \u2018pretty and soft\u2019 with harder surfaces such as the stainless steel range, cooker, and fridge.\u201d
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Above: \u201cI wanted the bathroom to be really beautiful and not just functional so I chose a deep lilac\/gray color for the walls,\u201d Twig says. \u201cI guess I wanted it to be a bit like a sitting room, where you would want to spend lots of time.\u201d The bathtub is an original French bathtub from the 1920s, sourced from Water Monopoly. The linen cupboard is made from old French doors.,

Above: The bathroom sink unit is made from a cupboard found at an antiques market; Twig inserted a sink and reclaimed kitchen tap.
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Above: \u201cWe use the summerhouse as an office, photo studio, and guest room; but it\u2019s particularly fabulous for children\u2019s birthday parties and big dinner parties,\u201d Hutchinson says. N.B.: See House Call: Lorn Road Summer House in London for more.
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Above: A few of Twig\u2019s favorite props, including her most prized possession, an old wallpapered door she found in the basement of an antiques shop.
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Above: Hutchinson installed Shaker pegs around the room for the easy hanging of props and backdrops like this artist\u2019s canvas which she painted herself.
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Above: Examples of Twig\u2019s photo styling.
Above: While the summerhouse was installed by The Garden House, Hutchinson customized it with bespoke windows, flooring, doors, and panelled walls. <\/p>\n

N.B.: This post is an update; the original story ran on June 17, 2013.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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