Cookbook writer Skye McAlpine lives in a Victorian townhouse in London. It's a skinny space, with just a few rooms on each floor. A lot of the period details had been stripped out by other owners. I love how she's made it homey for her family, with the help of fab Ben Pentreath.
Rose-colored walls in the sitting room seem to glow. I love pale pink living room walls...

(Detour below-- I found the same room decorated for Christmas, from some time in the past. )

She has sentimental touches everywhere, including on this living room lamp table-- she said, "This is my only photo of my grandmother, I love how glamorous she is in this".
Another fan of vintage black and white photos!

She loves all things vintage Fornasetti, with the enigmatic faces (tucked in the corner) like I do! It's a Fornasetti fridge (who knew they made them?) from the Fifties, and has been quirkily repurposed as their bar, cool.

Her husband's glossy piano. Beautiful herringbone floors--

Challenge me if you think I'm wrong, but I maintain that *in general*, the Brits tend to be fonder of yellow in their rooms than we are. Even her small Smeg refrigerator is bright yellow. She adores the color, and has it all through her wonderful kitchen. Dispelling the London gloom, no doubt:


Her lovingly collected and used copper molds. There's a kitty, a bunch of cherries, a teapot. She makes fancy jellies in them, among other things.

Their generous dining room, for her frequent dinners, flows right out of the kitchen.

But it can also be intimate-

Here's one of her concoctions, a "berry cloud cake"--

Their little library/ study, off the living room. I think all the glass chandeliers we're seeing are Venetian. She said, I mostly prefer pastels, but this is our 'raspberry sorbet' study!" Another amusing quote from her, in her soft, self-effacing style-- "I love cluttah (clutter)". My house is "busy".

Such an expansive, charming bath...

The Homeworthy video is great to watch. I first discovered her home in Italy though, and was surprised to find the London house.
She mostly grew up in Venice, with her English parents. They left England after her family's home was bombed by the I.R.A. Now, she lives partly in London and partly in fabulous Venice, in a rented apartment below--
What fun this fanciful dining area must be, for a cook and hostess like her -- it's like a mad, mad, Alice in Wonderland confection!

And here's a fresco from a sitting room ceiling, also in the Italian apartment!

The artistry is amazing. Venice is my favorite European city.