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Bella Freud

There is a cinematic quality to the way daylight distils into every corner of British fashion designer Bella Freud’s West London apartment, allowing key furniture, sculptures and artworks to take centrestage in an otherwise uncluttered interior. “I wanted it to be quite spare in feeling and not too done,” says Freud. “With this kind of dreamy light and soft shadows, it feels almost playful.”

The home sits in the back lot of a former industrial warehouse, which Freud had previously converted

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