For a number of years now, we’ve been avidly following artwork director/set designer Sandy Suffield’s private inventive initiatives, from changing an deserted electrical constructing right into a dream trip rental to reworking used packing supplies into botanical artwork. At present, as she prepares to maneuver for the primary time in almost 25 years, Sandy has invited us to tour her longtime house base, a two-bedroom flat in North London solely furnished with classic finds—and newly available on the market.
“I’m an eBay, charity store, classic addict,” confides Sandy. “Selecting previous stuff is each an aesthetic selection and a reluctance to contribute to landfill.” It’s additionally economical: she’s regularly including to the gathering and upgrading her areas, however the one change she classifies as a splurge is the floor-to-ceiling glass door linking the lounge and backyard.
How does Sandy preserve her quarters from being overwhelmed by all of the “tut” that she welcomes in? Learn on for the easy tips of her commerce that she utilized all through.
Images by Sandy Suffield, until famous.

Sandy purchased the bottom flooring flat (hers has the bay window with the curtains) in 2001 after “touring about 40 locations inside a decent catchment.” She was bought by the condominium’s pretty pure gentle and its non-public backyard—scroll to the top to see the ground plan. {Photograph} by Melissa Hunt.
