“It’s A Take-Two In A Home I Have Always Loved”

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This room might appear overfilled, but by choosing soft neutral colours and classic furniture, Heidi has been able to up the cosy factor and fill it to the brim without it looking chocked up. The neutrality is particularly important as the room is the access point to the slice of glorious garden that runs down the side of the apartment. “The metaphor of the garden and all its gifts is a joy to live and witness. In the natural world, every day brings new growth and second chances.”

Tiled to the max, Heidi’s bathrooms stick with a neutral palette but her glazed tile choices add texture and tone. “With more traditional tapware and bathware, I wanted to add some interest to the floor and walls,” she says.

Taking her cues from European hotel rooms, Heidi’s bedroom is pure calm. The greige colour scheme does demand daily tending, warns Heidi, who fortunately picked up the habit of making her bed every morning at boarding school. “With these colours, a room can look really messy, really fast!” Instead of the obvious choice of a large artwork to crown her bed, Heidi added tonal tension by opting for a super-small painting instead.

The unusual lilac tones make Heidi’s kitchen utterly delicious, as does the mix of contemporary elements with darker antiques. The sunlit scene at one end offers a cheery breakfast setting. The other end, more dramatic and sombre, is for dining.

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Heidi Moore – stylist, designer and artist – has tackled big renovations, small make-do’s and everything else in between. Now back at art school, she brings a painterly eye to interiors, finding ways to shapeshift within four walls.

Her most recent renovation has transformed her old apartment into its latest incarnation: a home for her new partner and, on weekends, her teenage daughter. She finds reshaping her surroundings means she also uses the space differently. “I’m loving actually sitting in the sitting room and using the outside areas during the day, not just at the end of a big day.

“I feel so lucky to be mapping out a new life with someone I love, a take-two in a home I have always loved. I take nothing for granted in this space.”

Photos_ Pablo Veiga/pabloviega.com 
Interview_Megan Morton