BANISHING THE PASTICHE: HOW TO WORK WITH HISTORIC FABRICS AND FURNISHINGS IN HOMES AND HOTELS

Incorporating historic design into your home is the perfect way to embrace a building’s character, create a conversation piece and ensure cohesion throughout your interior design. When creating original and authentic design, looking into historical archives will banish the pastiche. Thankfully, the UK has a treasure trove of suppliers and a wealth of historical archives just waiting to be tapped into…

WOOLF INTERIOR LONDON & BATH STUDIOS

WOOLF Interior Architecture and Interior Design originated in West London with their first Notting Hill studio opening its doors in 2009. The practice expanded in 2019 with the addition of their Somerset studio in Lansdown, Bath. “We create completely unique, client-focused, residential interiors, valued by our Clients for their luxurious, individual, beautifully tailored interior design. The practice has over 25 years of industry expertise, sensitively designing both contemporary and historic residential interiors.”

SERIES 4 : WORKING WITH AN INTERIOR ARCHITECT OR INTERIOR DESIGNER.

‘Interior architecture is all about understanding buildings, interior space planning and detail. Interior design understands the intricate colour texture and finish of a space’. At WOOLF, we take an integrated approach from the early stages of concept and space planning through to the sourcing of furniture and dressing. ‘Design should respond to the client, the architecture, the history of a building and the location.’

SERIES 3: HOW TO HIRE AN INTERIOR DESIGNER / INTERIOR ARCHITECT / ARCHITECT?

The essential guide to instructing an Interior Designer or Interior Architect. There is an increasing demand for a ‘one-stop’ shop when it comes to projects which necessitate interior design and interior architectural refurbishment work. Instead of clients having to instruct separate practices, WOOLF is a combined practice that deals with both interior design and interior architecture services.

SERIES 2: HOW TO COST ENGINEER AN INTERIOR DESIGN / INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE PROJECT

A well-trained experienced professional interior designer or interior architect will always design to a given budget. At the outset of any new project WOOLF Interior Design & Interior Architecture, will assess the cost of a project using a few key skills. It is not a mystery. This is technique is both an art and a science, that is based upon years of experience and plain old mathematics.

DUBAI DESIGN WEEK - EXPO : INTERNATIONAL DESIGN SUPPLIERS

Woolf attended the Dubai Design Week - Expo. Keeping abreast and broadening our reach in the international interior design community. WOOLF look at the most innovative interior suppliers from around the globe. WOOLF Interior Design & Interior Architecture has many years of experience designing and consulting for prestigious hotels in the UK and internationally.

HISTORIC RESTORATION: GEORGIAN HOUSES TRANSFORMED INTO AWARD-WINNING HOMES WITH A MODERN TWIST

Georgian houses are beautiful and graceful. Woolf Interior Design and Interior Architecture is an accredited Interior Design Practice specialising in Historic, Period and Listed buildings. When redesigning a Georgian home we enhance and retain the aesthetic unique to an historic home that is especially valued, such as wonky floorboards and timber sash windows, fireplaces, panelling, plasterwork, cornices, original doors, shutters and balusters. We aim to make these fabulous heritage assets fit for modern living and offer these grand and unique spaces a new lease of life.

LONDON MEMBERS' CLUBS - DESIGN FOCUS : SERIES 1 'THE NED'

In our WOOLF Interior Design & Interior Architecture Journal series celebrating the best Hospitality Architecture and Interiors in the UK, we take our top three favourite Members Clubs in London and reveal their unique and distinct design ingredients. The Ned is an epic ‘members club with rooms’; it is one of the 18 members' clubs conceived and owned by the Soho House Group & Co. The Grade I Listed building was designed in 1924 by celebrated British Architect Sir Edwin 'Ned' Lutyens and was completed in 1939.

A Potted History Of Garden Design

The dream of a romantic country garden is an enduring one; the yearning for the effortless drifts of perennials in herbaceous borders and acres of flowers for cutting alongside a manicured sculptural topiary is fairly universal. As both a Bath and London based Interior Design Practice, WOOLF Interior Architecture & Design are endlessly influenced and inspired by garden design and the interface between outdoor and indoor spaces. In this Journal we start from the beginning of what we recognize today as ‘garden design trends’ seen throughout history.

THE MAYFAIR DESIGN DISTRICT

The established heritage of Mayfair is renowned for excellence in a blended form of interior design objects, furniture, lighting and furnishings. As leading Interior Designers, WOOLF Interior Architecture & Design work regularly with the galleries, makers and curators whose showrooms are located in Mayfair. The Mayfair Design District, is also a regular design show event, which invites the trade and the public to exhibitions of work by the very highest level of makers in the area. The work in the Mayfair Design District is equivalent to the fashion runways of London, Paris and New York. It is a showcase of design, material innovation and execution explored at the very top end.

THE MAGIC OF UPHOLSTERY

One of our favourite aspects of Interior Design is the magic created by bringing back to life an old piece of furniture. In many of our projects our clients have pieces of antique furniture that have been well loved and are in need of some help in getting them back to their best. Here at WOOLF Interior Architecture & Design we have many contacts in the upholstery and French polishing business that can work an absolute wonder with a piece of furniture in need of restoration expertise.

CONTEMPORARY & HISTORIC LIGHTING DESIGN EXPOSÉ

At WOOLF Interior Architecture & Design we sculpt each Interior using lighting to form a seamless flow within a Residential or Hotel environment. We compose richly layered, luxurious interiors, individual and beautifully tailored to create complex and practical spaces.

As Interior Designers in both Bath and London, we consider lighting schemes which can adapt to both Historic Listed and Contemporary spaces. Having worked in both the Residential and Hospitality Interior Design sector, we have accumulated a number of key techniques which have evolved over many years of experience.

ART & ARTISTS IN THE SOUTH WEST

At WOOLF Interior Architecture & Design we approach designing interiors like a curator, we have an exceptional depth of knowledge of both historic and contemporary art which very often informs our approach to designing interiors. We are fluid with styles and cultures, high and low art, elegance and edginess, always ensuring that our client’s aesthetic gains expression in carefully curated spaces. In this journal we are looking at a plethora of exciting and vibrant art and artists in the South West.

THE BATH PRESERVATION TRUST & THE HISTORY OF BATH STONE

Bath is a predominately Georgian City with many stunning architectural buildings that need to be preserved. When WOOLF Interior Architecture & Design embark on a project, there are specific rules that need to be adhered to and the Bath Preservation Trust is an organization that will oversee this important work.

A SECRET LIFE OF THE LIVERY HALL – THE CITY OF LONDON

In our view, some of the most outstanding discreet and audacious historic architecture and interiors in The City of London are home to the splendid, sacred and secret world of the livery hall. Informal trade guilds began to form during the early Middle Ages and these associations became the first Livery Companies. Originally charged to act as formal Governance Bodies for their namesake trades, the Companies also offered fraternal, religious and social aspects to their members. The majority of Livery Halls survived the Great Fire of London in 1666 and were then built on or rebuilt for their members during the 1800s.