o many things in life are underpinned by compromise, not least doing up a house, and Kate and Ivo van Vollenhoven’s home in West London is a case in point. “When it comes to decorating, Ivo and I often disagree,” explains Kate, a former television producer. Her taste, she says, is for the romantic English country house aesthetic – a salad of colour and texture, while husband Ivo, who runs a film company, leans towards a leaner, more modern aesthetic. So when they embarked on the transformation of their stucco-fronted home the question was: how could they reconcile their tastes? Enter interior designer Abbie de
