THE LONDON CONNECTION at www.londonconnection.com is fortunate to have IAN CHURCHILL as its designer and decorator.   Our holiday letting company offers 48 flats for visitors to London, and it is Iain’s job to see that every flat is presented in the best possible style.  All the photographs that we use for our website have been done by Ian.  This is a talented, meticulous, and hard working young man who is dedicated to his craft.  Ian owns a company called FORTHWALL & CO, and if any of you have need of a designer/decorator or professional pictures, this is your man.  Several families have had family pictures taken while visiting relatives in the London.  He is also available for commercial photographs for estate agents.  THE LONDON CONNECTION appreciates Ian Churchill very much, and the ANGLOPHILE blog is delighted to highlight his abilities.  He is great to work with which makes a real difference.  He is talented in all styles from minimalist to 18th century French or even to English country.

Our new flat was completely redesigned by this capable decorator.   Here is some of his work which works so well for us.

Ian can be reached at    Forthwall@hotmail.com

Thomas Moore   email:  TMooreSr@me.com    Telephone:  801.791.9918

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Thomas Moore   email:  TMooreSr@me.com    Telephone:  801.791.9918

http://www.londonconnection.com

I thought my readers would be interested in the Christmas Card that our company received this afternoon.  Wow!  So much interesting stuff out there!  Enjoy

Thomas Moore   email:  TMooreSr@me.com    Telephone:  801.791.9918

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If you want a real treat, visit Robert Kime’s new interior design and antique shop at 43 Museum Street, very near the British Museum.  I have known his first shop at 121 Kensington Church Street for years; but a year ago, this DECORATOR BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT TO THE PRINCE OF WALES opened a second shop.  It is absolutely beautiful.

Robert Kime was the decorator chosen by the Prince of Wales to update and redecorate Clarence House after the death of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.  Many of the Queen Mother’s personal possessions are still on display, and many of the state rooms are much as they were.  But in other rooms, Kime has turned the house into a real home.  Those who have visited Clarence House in the summer when the house is open to the public will agree that these new rooms are rich, full of wonderful personal family possessions, and livable.  The rugs and fabrics are wonderful and create an atmosphere of subtle importance.

Kime has a wonderful way of making a room look like it has been there forever.  He has also achieved this wonderful sense of age in the Hunting Lodge for the Duke of Beaufort at Badminton House.  Badminton House has retained its very subtle quality with the wonderful use of fantastic fabrics, pillows, and rugs.  There is no attempt to make it a “new” house;  rather, it is a setting which seems to have been as it is forever.  That effect takes a real decorator.  Robert Kime was the right man for the job.

Antique shops and decorators are all over London, but the Robert Kime shop is another kind of experience.  What a way to spend an hour or two.  Don’t miss it;  you will enjoy it very much.  Christopher Payne runs the new shop on Museum Street, and he will welcome your visit.

Goodness, what fun.

Thomas Moore   email:  TMooreSr@me.com    Telephone:  801.791.9918

http://www.londonconnection.com