Step inside designer Andrea Maflin's unique home

Walking into the entrance hall of artist and interior designer Andrea Maflin's house, you can tell immediately that her home fizzes with creative energy and imagination.

Walking into the entrance hall of artist and interior designer Andrea Maflin's house, you can tell immediately that her home fizzes with creative energy and imagination. The familiar proportions of a London Victorian terrace are subverted with leafy wallpaper and a set of antlers, lending what she describes as a foresty” feel.

Entrance hall

hallway with stair case and wallpaper wall

(Image credit: Future PLC/Mark Luscombe-Whyte)

Find a wide range of wallpaper at Colefax and Fowler, and a mirror like this at Porta Romana.

Open-plan living area

living area with white wall and armchair and wooden floor

(Image credit: Future PLC/Mark Luscombe-Whyte)

This striking double-aspect space is linked by two striking contemporary rugs.

Knots Interiors sells rugs in a wide range of styles.

Living room

living area with fireplace and sofa with cushions and armchair

(Image credit: Future PLC/Mark Luscombe-Whyte)

Andrea's artworks and design ideas also form the backbone of the interior decoration. She is not afraid to mix pattern and colour with illustrative and abstract work.Hidden underneath the glamour, is the fact that this is actually a practical family home. Here in the living room, the Heal's sofa has been re-covered in “indestructible” Alcantara, for example.

Mantelpiece

living area with white wall and decorative mirror

(Image credit: Future PLC/Mark Luscombe-Whyte)

A sunburst mirror from Julian Chichester makes a striking focal point above the mantelpiece.

Kitchen-dining room

dining area with white wall and painting frame and dining table with chair

(Image credit: Future PLC/Mark Luscombe-Whyte)

At the back of the house, the kitchen is the welcoming hub. The cabinets were handmade by the previous owner's father and Andrea has kept them, adding new worktops and repainting the walls. The chairs around the dining table have been upholstered in different fabrics, front and back, with carefully chosen piping to finish the effect.

The wall rug is from Andrea's collection and the table is from Julian Chichester.

Guest bedroom

bedroom with white wall and picture frame

(Image credit: Future PLC/Mark Luscombe-Whyte)

Framed family pictures form an interesting display over the bed in the guest room, creating a welcoming and calming feel.

Guest bedroom seating area

bedroom with white wall and arm chair and book shelves

(Image credit: Future PLC/Mark Luscombe-Whyte)

The guest bedroom has a nostalgic feel to it, with childhood photographs of Andrea above the mantelpiece and a chair that once occupied her dentist father's waiting room!

Bedroom

bedroom with wallpaper wall and firepalce and mirror and wooden floor

(Image credit: Future PLC/Mark Luscombe-Whyte)

Large-scale patterns work beautifully in the bedroom, with enviable amounts of light being reflected by striking twin mirrors. The painting is by Andrea's father, and makes for an eye-catching focal point.

For a similar bedspread, visit Neisha Crosland. See Andrea Maflin's range of mirrors.

Dressing room

dressing room with purple chair and wallpaper wall and mirror

(Image credit: Future PLC/Mark Luscombe-Whyte)

The traditional-style bathroom fittings blend well with the antique mirror and chair that forms a chic dressing area.

Find a similar mirror at Judith Green Mosaics.

Bathroom

bathroom with wallpaper wall and bathtub and washbasin

(Image credit: Future PLC/Mark Luscombe-Whyte)

Intimate and glamorous, the bathroom has an organic, unfitted feel, with wallpaper (protected with varnish and glass panels by the bath and basin) instead of tiles, and freestanding furniture.

The wallpaper is from Neisha Crosland.

Looking for more stunning readers' homes to look around? Take a look at our House Tours section for everything from a modern London penthouse and beautiful mews house, to an Edwardian country manor and Simon Lycett's home.

Heather Young
Editor

Heather Young has been Ideal Home’s Editor since late 2020, and Editor-In-Chief since 2023. She is an interiors journalist and editor who’s been working for some of the UK’s leading interiors magazines for over 20 years, both in-house and as a freelancer.