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A New Lease of Life to Timeless Beauty - Light Locations

A New Lease of Life to Timeless Beauty - Light Locations

AU Bespoke has been featured on Light Locations, you can read the original article here.

"Life in the early noughties for accomplished interior stylist Anna Unwin was fast-paced. Living in the heart of cosmopolitan Primrose Hill and running her fashionable lifestyle shop, Anna and her husband Willie relished London life. But after returning from a spell living in Ibiza, the time felt right to move her young and growing family to the countryside. When the chance arose to buy an increasingly unloved monastic retreat, Anna couldn’t resist the opportunity to offer it a new lease of life, turning it into a desirable and incredibly spacious home."

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Ali Heath Lockdown Tastemaker Series

Ali Heath Lockdown Tastemaker Series

Anna has long been regarded as a tastemaker: a graduate from Chelsea College of Arts, a successful interior stylist and founder of the fashionable Primrose Hill store, Maiden, back in the early 2000's. Her latest initiative - the launch of AU Bespoke - a private atelier sourcing unique and timeless pieces that complement more minimalist, sophisticated spaces.

Anna's discerning edit includes antique, mid-century and vintage: furniture and objects united by their design sensibilities and quality of craftsmanship. Less is definitely more and her look is attracting a lot of attention behind the scenes, from some serious interior names. Pieces you can expect to find: think marble coffee tables, Willi Rizzo dining tables, vintage sheepskin covered chairs, unique lamps, stone bowls, pottery and covetable vintage textiles. Selling both online and by private appointment from her home, this is an exciting business to watch. Be quick if you find something you love, these beautiful one-offs sell quickly.

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Remodelista | St Francis House

Remodelista | St Francis House

Discovered on The Modern House: St. Francis House, a monastic retreat transformed into “an exceptionally chic modern home.” Located in Cambridgeshire, a 45-minute train journey from London, the late-Georgian structure was built as a country estate. It was in the 1950s that a religious order moved in and purpose-rebuilt the place as a silent retreat, stripping out just about all of the original detailing and introducing, among other things, 22 spartan bedrooms on the second floor.

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The Modern House | St Francis House

The Modern House | St Francis House

"The house, once a religious retreat, has a wonderful relationship to the surrounding gardens, with large panels of glazing opening out the entire ground floor."

St Francis House, Hemingford Grey, Cambridgeshire

“I was seeing trends come and go, which made want to stick with really good quality materials and timeless forms that hold up over the years. You don’t want to regret putting in 18th-century fireplaces – you have to trust they will be right well into the future,” said interior stylist Anna McDougall (née Unwin) when we visited her at the elegantly-restrained home she designed for her family in Cambridgeshire.


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