Take a Tour of a London Flat With a Light Bohemian Style

I’m so excited to introduce you to a friend of mine with you today and share her flat tour in London. If bohemian interior design is your thing, I’m confident that you will feel inspired by this beautiful London flat. Let’s get started with our tour.

I bought this flat about four and a half years ago. It was in a completely different state than what it is currently. So where we are at the moment is a bedroom that overlooks the street.

That didn't really make sense to me because I felt like this should be the living room because of the windows.

It's a one-bedroom apartment with only about 450 square feet.

However, I can have eight to ten people in this living room quite comfortably, which is really nice.

I've been living in London my whole life, and I've been living in this area, in particular, for about four and a half years.

This area is amazing. It’s a cross-section of all these different areas, and I can walk to Upper Street in Islington in about 20 minutes.

Highbury is like five minutes away. Church Street is about ten minutes away and you've got Dalston about ten minutes away as well.

It's a really nice spot that is very natural with lots of green space.

And if you want the crazy lifestyle, such as the nightlife of Dalston, that's around the corner too. And yeah, I absolutely love it. It's so well-connected.

I would say the whole vision for this apartment started because of the windows.

I have an amazing architect on board named Pablo Sanchez Lopez, and he designed the whole space. The only brief I gave him is that I wanted it to be quite minimalist but soulful at the same time.

I also wanted to maintain the integrity of the building because it's an old Victorian building with high ceilings, so something that would work with that.

In terms of interiors, I love white because I find it really calming and peaceful, but I also wanted to add a bit of character and soul to that.

I guess my style is kind of bohemian light.

I bought this stool about five years ago.

And then the sofa, to be honest, is an inexpensive piece that I just love.

But then the art piece is from a designer that I got from the Saatchi Gallery.

The lamp over there is vintage. I think it's probably like forty years old.

My favorite part of the apartment is probably the windows. And from the bedroom, there's a certain angle through which you can kind of see that window. It's like a nice through line.

I also love the bathroom. There wasn't a lot of space, but I really wanted a bathtub. And so I've got a Japanese soaking tub put in, which is like a small bathtub that's really deep. I love that.

We had to be a bit innovative in our thinking because there wasn't that much space and how do you maximize space so that it still feels social, and has everything that you need?

For the bedroom, I really wanted a clean white space and it's still quite a small space, especially after we put the fitted wardrobes in to really brighten it up and give it the illusion of being bigger than what it actually is.

It's about having mirrors on the wall where the bed is facing, and that gives the illusion that the space is much bigger. It's quite nice having mirrors there when you're getting ready, and it's full length. Every girl needs them.

You can't have too many plants either. They really warm up the space, they purify the air, and they give you that sense of well-being.

I have a palm-inspired plant.

And the bigger one is a banana tree.

It's important to figure out how to make the space work for you, and because I lived in the space as it was previously, for a while, I could see what needed to be changed.