Take a tour around a modern opulent home

The dining area makes up part of the vast ground floor kitchen, which is also where the laundry room, utility room and downstairs WC is. The white floor tiles throughout and neutral walls give the space a uniform look, but the mix of designer furniture and bright pop art prints add personality and modern luxe appeal.

Visit The Conran Shop for Philippe Stark chairs and a similar dining table.

Why hide your favourite shoes in your wardrobe? The owner has displayed this pair in a perspex box on top of a red cabinet found in Egypt. It’s little personal touches like this that stop a modern, designer home looking like a showroom and add a unique take on glamour.

Get perspex storage boxes from Muji. Scour markets and car boot sales for old furniture and paint with a good red gloss paint, Wilkinson have a great selection.

In the double reception room, low-slung Italian furniture rubs shoulders with a massive Louis XVI-style sofa upholstered in black leather with a dramatic painting of David above it. During the summer this opulent living space is a party home, the glass doors on the ground and first floor are flung open so that friends can move about easily; lounging in one room and dancing in another.

Brissi have Louis XVI-style furniture.

This comfortable lounge offers a contrast to the ancient-with-a-modern twist living room. A combination of textures – deep shag pile rug, silk cushions and wooden floors – gives the room an inviting warmth.

Try Cushionsonline for silk cushions. Shag Rugs have a great selection of rugs.

A few colourful candles and a stunning purple Murano glass vase add a touch of colour to the modern living room.

Buy Murano glass from Murano Glass.