Designer: Daniel Hopwood Project: Marylebone Apartment Location: Marylebone, London, United Kingdom Project Year 2017 Photography: Andrew Beasley

设计师：Daniel Hopwood项目：Marylebone公寓位置：Marylebone，London，Project 2017摄影：Andrew Beasley

I love London, I always have. A city that fizzes with life, an exciting place to be. When I was young I dreamt of living there and I hoped one day to be right in the middle, where it is all happening. Although such dreams do take a while to achieve, especially as property is exceptionally expensive. I eventually arrived. I found a flat in Marylebone. A quarter that is liveable because of the decent high street and proximity to Regent’s Park, and yet is only a short walk away to the West End — the home of London’s theatres. The flat is on the top floor of a town house that was rebuilt after war, the views are spectacular including the 18th century Church of St. Marylebone. I bought the cheapest flat on an expensive street.

我爱伦敦，我一直如此。一个充满生命的城市，一个令人兴奋的地方。当我年轻的时候，我梦想住在那里，我希望有一天能在那里，一切都在发生。尽管这些梦想确实需要一段时间才能实现，尤其是在房地产价格异常昂贵的情况下。我终于到了。我在Marylebone找到了一套公寓。因为这里有一条体面的商业街，而且距离摄政公园很近，而且距离伦敦剧院的所在地西区也只有很短的路程，所以这个街区是适宜居住的地方。这套公寓位于战后重建的一座城镇房屋的顶层，景色壮观，包括18世纪圣玛丽伯恩教堂(St.MaryleboneofSt.Marylebone)。我在一条昂贵的街道上买了一套最便宜的公寓。

That was ten years ago. The Marylebone apartment was affordable as it was still in its 1958 state — charming yet freezing — and the shower was a rubber contraption pushed over the bath taps. Easily solved you’d think with my experience of designing and refurbishing homes for clients, but life is not that simple. I first had to break the back of an expensive mortgage, instead of heating I wore an extra sweater in the winter and put some money in the bank instead.

那是十年前的事了。Marylebone公寓经济实惠，因为它仍处于1958年的状态-迷人但却冰冷-而且淋浴是一个橡胶装置，被推到浴缸水龙头上。用我为客户设计和装修房屋的经验，你会认为很容易解决问题，但生活并不那么简单。首先，我不得不打破一笔昂贵的抵押贷款，而不是取暖，而是在冬天多穿了一件毛衣，把一些钱放在银行里。

The renovation money was in the bank but the measured survey of my apartment still sat on the drawing board in the office untouched, as there was always another project landing in the office that required immediate attention. Each time I glanced at the plans, I just couldn’t see the vision, something I do everyday for others but for myself, I didn’t find it so easy. I know what my clients must go through during the design process, concerned about getting the designs right, as mistakes can be expensive when it comes to interior design. A successful project is the result of a collaboration between client and designer. A good designer will help a client discover their own sense of style rather than imposing their own and spend time listening, in order to understand their lifestyle and practical needs. You just can’t do this sort of stuff on your own.

整修的钱在银行里，但我的公寓的测量结果仍然坐在办公室的绘图板上，因为办公室里总是有另一个需要立即注意的项目。每次我看了一下这些计划，我都看不到我每天为别人做的事情，但对于自己来说，我觉得这并不容易。我知道我的客户在设计过程中必须经历什么，关心正确的设计，因为在室内设计方面的错误可能会很昂贵。成功的项目是客户和设计师之间协作的结果。一个优秀的设计师将帮助客户发现自己的风格，而不是强加自己的风格，并花时间倾听，以了解他们的生活方式和实际需要。你自己不能做这种事

To solve the problem I decided to create a brief covering how I wanted my to home to look and feel and how it should be laid out and consult with the fabulous team that I work with.

为了解决这个问题，我决定做一个简短的介绍，内容包括我想要回家的样子和感觉，以及它应该如何布置，并与我一起工作的优秀团队进行协商。

Although the flat has great views and has the perfect east/west aspect, it is quite compact with low ceilings. It would have to work hard to accommodate my lifestyle and belongings and be a haven from a busy life. I wanted the best but didn’t want bling, just intelligent design with just the occasional moment of exuberance. The nearest comparison could be a bespoke suit. Understated, structured, elegant, great details but then checking the inside of the jacket and find hiding there is a rather naughty, slightly lurid lining.

虽然这套公寓风景秀丽，东/西两面都很完美，但它很紧凑，天花板很低。它必须努力工作，以适应我的生活方式和财产，并成为一个避风港从繁忙的生活。我想要最好的，但不想要华丽，只是聪明的设计，只是偶尔的繁荣时刻。最接近的比较可能是定制西装。低调，结构，优雅，伟大的细节，但检查里面的夹克和发现隐藏有一个相当顽皮，略耸人听闻的衬里。

Wanting to take advantage of every square inch I decided to take a look at how the Japanese manage to live well in small spaces. I liked how they can make each room multipurpose by using sliding doors that can be opened to create open plan living or closed to create an intimate space. I also admire the simplicity in Japanese homes with the use of just a few materials to great effect and their ethos of only keeping what is loved and useful. In that light I felt my furniture was collection of odd pieces that I had accumulated over the years, I certainly didn’t love it all and little of it was necessary, it just sort of existed. I decided to let most of it go, here was my chance to start afresh and find pieces that worked for me and look considered.

为了利用每一平方英寸的优势，我决定看看日本人是如何在狭小的空间里生活得很好的。我喜欢他们如何使每个房间多用途，使用滑动门，可以打开，创造开放的计划，生活或关闭创造一个亲密的空间。我也很欣赏日本家庭的简朴，只使用了几种材料，效果很好，而且他们的精神是只保留被爱和有用的东西。从这个角度来看，我觉得我的家具是我多年来积累起来的奇怪的东西，我当然不喜欢它，几乎没有什么必要，它只是存在。我决定放弃其中的大部分，这是我重新开始的机会，找到对我有用的作品，并看上去被考虑在内。

As I spend most of time there in the evenings I preferred to have a dark, warm atmosphere, a sort of modern gentleman’s club style. I achieved this with the use of oak stained in grey offset with either shiny or white surfaces that pulled light right into the heart of the flat so that the space didn’t look gloomy. I didn’t want a show flat, I desired a home — friendly, lively and with a certain level of provenance. I did this by playing with contrasts, light and dark, rough and smooth, placing old against new such as installing a 19th century Venetian Bombé commode in a specially designed niche.

由于我在那里度过的大部分时间在晚上，我更喜欢有一个黑暗、温暖的氛围，一种现代绅士的俱乐部风格。我用灰色偏移着色的橡木来实现了这一点，要么是有光泽的或白色的表面，这些表面将光线直接拉入公寓的心脏，这样空间就不会显得阴凉。我不想要一个展厅，我希望有一个家--友好、活泼和有一定的来源。我这样做是通过玩对比度，光和黑暗，粗糙和平滑，放置旧与新的，例如安装一个19世纪的威尼人Bombe厕所在一个特别设计的利基。

It has taken a while to achieve my dream, living in a beautiful part of London in a lovely apartment but here it is. I do hope it is a useful case study on how compact urban living can be pleasurable and individualist too, especially if you commission an interior designer!

为了实现我的梦想，我花了一段时间，住在伦敦一个美丽的地方，住在一间可爱的公寓里，但它就在这里。我真的希望这是一个有用的案例研究如何紧凑的城市生活可以令人愉快和个人主义，特别是如果你委托一个室内设计师！