Rose Uniacke Transforms 1910 West London Apartment into Layered Collector's Home

In a historic 1910 building in west London, designer Rose Uniacke has completed a 3,111 sq ft apartment conversion for a collector client and his family. The project involved bespoke joinery and lighting design, with Uniacke responding to the building's original architecture, notably its bold arched windows. She sourced rare midcentury works by Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, and Jean Dunand, and combined them with contemporary pieces. The design also incorporates collectible 20th-century French furniture, contemporary Japanese objects, Uniacke's own Rose Uniacke Editions range, and pieces from antiquity. A 1930 Jean Prouvé bookcase, a special commission with original paint, anchors the main sitting room. Other treasures include an Egyptian carved tablet from 332–30 BC depicting Ptolemy III, a 1980 ceramic Pyramide by Jacques and Dani Ruelland, and a 1950 Jean Prouvé wall light. The palette shifts from white and pale blue-green to soft pink and dark red, with fabrics on bedroom walls adding softness. Uniacke emphasizes that the home should not feel like a gallery; the room comes first, with art and objects second. She notes that rooms are never truly finished and are meant to evolve with their inhabitants.