Derelict Warehouse to JOYFUL Home | Designer Tom Bartlett’s Converted Spice Factory in West London

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For the fifth film in our Homing In series, co-founder Matt Gibberd knocks on the door of designer Tom Bartlett, founder of Waldo Works. Twenty years ago, Tom purchased a derelict spice factory in west London. Here, he walks us through his singular approach to decorating the magical home he now shares with his son, Bluey, revealing the hidden stories behind his personal collection of curios, including an Ethiopian throne carved from a single piece of wood, a Lego lampshade and a pair of fluorescent Peruvian skirts …

Written and presented by Matt Gibberd
Filming: Edmund Cook
Editing: David Potter
Production: Hannah Phillips
Graphic Design: Ben Tucker
Music: Father

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Living Room
Large sofa and coffee table: MDF Italia
Small green sofa: Vintage Azucena
Blue chairs: Vitra
Rug: Roger Oates (Tapis d'Avignon)
Chrome side tables: B&B Italia
Paper lamp: Ingo Maurer
Banana painting and ball photos: Jenny van Sommers
Wooden table and chair: Maruni
Fireplace tiles: Balineum
Floor: Altro resin
Large white lamps: Gilda by Pallucco

Snug
Rug: Antique 1930s Moroccan
Sofa: Flexform Victor
Velvet sofa covers: Schumacher
Chair: Utrecht by Cassina
Yellow vases: Vintage Holmegaard
Art/drawings mostly from Laura Bartlett Studio Gallery

Bedroom
Bed: Giorgetti
Wingback chair: Tom Dixon for George Smith

Paints
Red: Eating Room Red, Farrow and Ball
Blues: Juniper Ash, Pale Wedgwood, Bone China Blue Pale, Bone China Blue Mid (all by Little Greene Paint Co)
White: Salisbury Stone 4, Dulux


3:04 Chapter 1: Rhapsody in Blue
7:25 Chapter 2: Playing the Classics
8:35 Chapter 3: Living with Happy Things
9:26 Chapter 4: Granny's Ugly Chair
12:01 Chapter 5: Collecting and Arranging
15:19 Chapter 6: Comic Effects
17:14 Chapter 7: The Best Bits About Yourself

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