Clive Rhodes
Interior Design Est. 1982
The Project of 2025
Project of 2025 - THE GUEST SUITE
Refurbishment in a Cambridgeshire country house.
Inspiration came from the bedroom furniture featuring sinuous curves in parcel qilt and my designs for the window treatments and wardrobe panelling were derived from the springboard represented by the elegant bed.
The small window the lambrequin housed the striking damask in celadon silk and bronze metallic relief though the lambrequin itself was upholstered in a turquoise and bronze quilt.
The Ensuite
A crucial element in the brief was how to eliminate the cold, old and grey degraded marble walls and floor without great upheaval. A search for slender porcelain tile yielded this winning large format but thin tile seemingly back-lit by the golden sun. With this image in mind our associate artist decorated the shower room ceiling, for the amusement, of all who enter there.
The bathroom cabinetry was in situ but one open shelving unit was a běte noir for my singular client so we incorporated a new door distinguished by an example of the artiste’s skill in trompe - l’oeil featuring a paper nautilus shell in a circular frame while the inside of the back door featured a similar frame achieved with paint to surround the former occupant of the shell.
Not to forget the too often overlooked ceiling, the heavenly 3 metre roundel of cherubic wallpaper was enriched with the hand painted perimeter of sky, clouds and birds by our associate artist, who also relished the task of disguising the sound system speakers in the ceiling.
Our dauntless artist relished the task of integrating the sound systems which fell within in the wallpaper panel, as can just be seen in the still image.
