The English Home

BOLD MOVES

‘I’d never thought of one of these 1930s houses. Every room has so much light’

The soft-hued patina of Alice Palmer’s kitchen is reminiscent of warmer climes, where the sun soaks into plastered walls and the eye is drawn beyond to dusky evenings on the terrace outside. Drawing on childhoods spent in the Caribbean and travels through Morocco and India, the designer has transformed this terraced house into an inspirational haven.

Alice and her husband Nicholas bought their North West London home six years ago, upsizing from their first flat together, and ready

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