Name: Mandy-Lee Myerson & Ryan Nelson
Location: North West London
Size: 1,400 square feet
Years lived in: 2½ years
Ryan and Mandy's Maisonette home compares to a favorite gallery, every time you visit a new piece unveils itself! It comes at no surprise then that Mandy is a curator — the home is filled with a beautiful collection from around the world, lovingly gathered over the years. Every room speaks for itself with an interesting mix of traditional and modern furniture, complimented by beautiful bold art throughout.
The couple recently became the proud parents of baby Jemma and this is an excellent example of a functional home where Mandy also runs her art consultancy business Myerson Fine Art from here. Mandy and Ryan are the perfect duo for a DIY home — Ryan loves "making things" (and he's clearly good at it!) and Mandy curates (and commission!) his creations.
Apartment Therapy Survey:
My/Our style: Eclectic
Inspiration: To make our first home comfortable and warm. This is not our dream home, but we made do with the money and time we have. The idea is to make it comfortably and homey as possible.
Biggest Challenge: Dealing with the contractors who renovated our tiny shower room.
What Friends Say: "Wow, great art!"
Proudest DIY: The entire flat was a DIY project; but getting the communal area sorted out was quite a challenge, no one in the building was prepared to put energy or love into our hallway stair, banister or the walls, I took it upon myself to renovate this area, but it took a year! It's done now and it looks great, what a difference! It was worth the effort.
Biggest Indulgence: Kitchen Appliances
Best advice: Always Complete one room at a time!
Kitchen Hardware & Accessories & Furniture: It is the original kitchen, we just painted the doors and changed the handles. Conran counter
Accessories:: From All over, especially South Africa
Rugs & carpets: Persian Carpets collected, bought and given as gifts.
Art: :
Living Room:
Sculpture, BMW 525i 1992 ; Art Car by Esther Mahlangu
Kim Lieberman, Postage stamps
Barry Marshall, Red and Black
Abstract painting: Penelope Stutterheime
Painting of figure: Robert Hodgins
Clay pot on the floor: Mozambique Mokondi Pot
Clay pot on the shelf: Ian Garrett
Bowls on table: Lozi fish vessels from Zambia
Staircase:
Photograph: Aleix Plademunt
Main Bedroom:
Drawing: Appie Van Wyk
Drawing: L.S. Lowry
Abstract Painting: Penelope Stutterheime
Photograph: Lambro
Boat photo: Caroline Gibello
Head piece: Contemporary Ceremonial African Wedding Hat
Guest Bedroom:
Painting: Penelope Stutterheime
Guest Bathroom:
Bird Sculpture: Zimbabwean Soap stone
Office:
Drawing: Peter van Straten
Landing:
Sculpture, man on horse: Julius Mfethe
Thanks Ryan and Mandy!
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Comments (20)
Where did you get that fantastic coffee table?!
i love all of the vessels and bowls, and that wedding hat is really cool as well. the shared space outside looks fantastic.
i bet your neighbors are happy to have you there.
i'm really not into the diagonal pillows on the couch ... pet peeve i suppose! =)
Love the shelving that is white with an orange interior.
this is wonderful...hard to believe this wouldn't be anyone's dream home. great blend of traditional and modern
lovely texture and color. i really like the design of the toilet with the white wall (shelf?) behind it and the handle built-in, is that something you created or can it be purchased like that? I had to scroll back several times.
Love the mix of furniture used and all the colorful artwork. You can tell that your home is a labor of love. Very nice.
The toilet... oh, the toilet. <3
overall a great place, but like universal mod, i was most intrigued by the hidden toilet tank. it creates such a nice clean space where the art is the focus rather than the toilet.
I agree completely with suzy8track. It is full of hidden, interesting elements and great color combinations.
back-to-wall toilets (or wall hung) are relatively common in Europe, see here http://www.bathstore.com/_application/bathstore/products/toilets/toilet-extras/ for the structure inside the studwork
Lol. I almost never see toilet tanks around where I live. I've never figured out why you yanks haven't jumped on this bandwagon yet! Anyway, back to the coffee table. Where is it from??!
where did you get your lovely purple couch??
An absolutely lovely home - they should be quite proud.
This is one of those homes in which the artist is in residence rather than the designer - not an Eames chair in sight, but it's positively ravishing anyway. Full of rich colour without being overpowering, loaded of superb art, devoid of tacky clutter, and just a little bohemian. I'd move there in a heartbeat.
Is that a Sean Scully painting in photograph #6, if it is I am drooling. Hell even if it isn't, I am drooling!
This may not be their dream home but it could be mine--warm, colorful, art-filled and in London to boot!
What a beautiful place. I like how warm this feels, and it is all due to the art. The furniture is almost an afterthought because the art and rugs are really what bring in the color and texture here. It goes to show that art is where we should all be putting our money... This looks so unpretentious. I would never normally like the couch, for example, but that is not the focus at all, so it doesn't matter a bit. The feeling here is happy and inspiring.
i am so in love with this place. if these pictures were words, you took them right out of my mouth!
lana
joeyandlana.com
After seeing the outside, I wasn't going to look at this house tour because I knew I'd be jealous. After seeing the hallway with the skylight, I'm really jealous.
What a lovely home, and beautiful artwork.
Not so much - kind of all over the place - but I like the space and building very much. Also like the painting over the fireplace in pic 1. I guess it is off center on purpose ??