Homes & Antiques

Evolution of style

‘I often have to say to myself, “is this too Trump Towers?”’ laughs Rose Hanson, when describing her attraction to antiques embellished with brass and gold. The TV-producer-turned-antiques-dealer shares her five-bedroom townhouse in east London with her husband, comedian Josh Widdicombe, and their two young children. It’s a space that she’s filled with a diverse collection of antique and vintage finds, lending an air of comfortable opulence to the traditional Victorian property. Angular brass furniture and shapely ceramic lamps complement the original marble fireplaces and cast-iron radiators, while curved

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