It's no longer enough simply to select a whole outfit or a complete room setting from the pages of a glossy magazine; the most stylish wardrobes - and homes - are filled with a mil of classic, contemporary and made-to-measure to create a truly personal look.
Offering high fashion dressing for the home, furniture and interior design consultancy House Couturier specialises in window treatments, soft furnishings and exclusive bespoke furniture and accessories, as well as a premium interior design service for every room in the house.
House Couturier founder Anne Thompson developed a passion for interior design following the single-handed renovation of three of her own homes. A desire to offer a fully bespoke interiors consultancy led her to open the House Couturier showroom on New King's Road in 1994. Offering traditional designs with a contemporary twist, Anne's work includes the homes of several major banking CEOs, as well as the Chanel stores on Bond Street and Sloane Street, the India Tourist Board and Bahamas High Commission.
"The name originated from our belief in the importance of personalising the home. We offer a truly bespoke service, giving our clients the opportunity to choose exactly what they're looking for, from the trimmings on their curtain tie-backs to the colour and pattern of their bedding."
"I always found myself clothes shopping with something very particular in mind," says Anne, "I'd spend hours scouring boutiques and my efforts were always in vain. I soon found the same happening in my home; hunting for blinds for unusually-shaped windows, a headboard to match existing wallpaper, a quilt to co-ordinate with my bed linen,"
House Couturier fast became the ultimate destination for homeowners looking to create truly unique room schemes.
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From the kitchen to the bedroom, sitting room, hallway and beyond, House Couturier will create made-to-measure soft furnishings and accessories using sensational fabrics from design houses including Andrew Martin, Colefax & Fowler, Anna French, Lelievre, Kravet, Mulberry and Mary Fox Linion.
As experts in creating bespoke blinds and curtains, House Couturier have fitted window treatments in the trickiest windows, from ultra-contemporary conservatories to floor-to-ceiling bays in period homes. Its made-to-measure curtain service offers endless choices, from leather Venetian blinds, roller blinds made up using your own fabric or electrically operated window treatments for seriously sleek hotel chic, with all curtains and drapes hand finished to the highest standard.
"Bedrooms are the most intimate rooms in the home, so it's vital yours reflects your personality," says Anne. If you can't find the ideal tones or textures for your boudoir. House Couturier offers a wide range of soft furnishings for the bedroom, including handmade bedspreads and contemporary headboards in leathers, suedes, linens and textured fabrics. Accessorise with a selection of opulent cushions, including House Couturier's exclusively designed hand gilded gaufrage velvet cushions.
For the ultimate in made-to-measure home comfort, House Couturier offers a hand sewn quilt service; use your existing fabric to have a quilt made in either four or six ounce wadding or choose from their vast range of satins, silks, velvets and chenilles.
For serious nesting, House Couturier can even fit acoustic walling in the fabric of your choice: "Using fabrics on walls dates back to the seventeenth century when fabrics such as silk damask were shipped in from Asia.
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Despite the cost, it is currently experiencing a surge in popularity, perhaps due to the resurgence of interest in wallpaper, which has given homeowners a new-found confidence when working with colour and pattern. While
wallpaper can add luxury and drama to room schemes, the effect with fabric-covered walls is ten-fold," explains Anne. The most popular rooms for using fabric as 'walling' are dining rooms, bedrooms, sitting rooms and hallways, to help create a feeling of warmth and intimacy.
If your favourite pair of silk covered chairs is looking the worse for wear and you've hunted high and low for replacement fabric, the House Couturier custom fabric service is the answer. Working with a custom silk specialist, House Couturier can reproduce most upholstery patterns from an archive library of antique designs from all over the world.
After careful analysis of the original fabrics, both the structure of the cloth and the colours are created using hand looms or a weaving machine. All types of silks and textures can be recreated, including twill, satin, plain cloth, grosgrain and damask, with colours ranging from antique rose to emerald green.
Of course, it's the final touches that make a house a home, so treat yours to a little haute couture. Select your favourite fabric to be made into a lampshade, or create truly decadent windows with a made-to-order tie-back or rope tassel, using the trimmings, brocade and silks of your choice. Whatever your taste, a visit to House Couturier will ensure that your home is the best-dressed in town. |
