Episode 25 - Guild with Anais Blehaut of Daab Design

In this episode, I talk to the architect Anais Blehaut, one of the founders of Daab Design about their latest project Guild.

The project is a transformation of a beautiful 18th Century Georgian townhouse in central London. Daab have restored the 5 floor property, which, in its latest incarnation, was being used as a mix of office space and apartments, into a home for a family of seven.

What daab have done to this 260 year old property is beautiful. They have carefully balanced preservation with the needs for modernising by taking a very respectful approach to the challenges of working with an historic building. However, they have managed to balance this with being extremely bold, particularly with colours.

The home is of its place, it could only be in London, but this is the London straight from a movie set; Dickens, Sherlock Homes, I wouldn’t even be surprised if Mary Poppins turned up on the doorstep as the new family nanny.

At the end of the episode, I ask Anais the three questions I ask all my podcast guests;
– what really annoys her about her home?
– what house has she visited that has really inspired her?
– and, if she could choose anyone to design her a new house, who would she choose?

I hope you enjoy listening.

Daab Design website link here.

Makeover masterclass with Daab in The Times link here.