“When we first started hunting for a new home, we thought we were looking for a large, nicely renovated period property,” Orima explains. “However, when I saw this property come on the market, I was instantly drawn to it despite it not ticking any of these boxes: It is a quite modern, featureless build on a main road!”
Blending traditional English, modern, and Italian styles, Cotton aimed to decorate the 19th-century town house "as if they'd inherited the home from a kooky Italian nonna with fabulous taste," he told AD during the February 2023 home tour. Bold Pierre Frey carpets, tiger striped upholstery, intricate moldings, and brightly patterned wallpapers are among the home's lush details. "Lily is someone who lives with color in a deeper way than most. Her taste is bold, silly, fun, eccentric-it's exciting," Harbour told AD at the time.