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WHAT MAKES F AIR O AK SUCH A WHAT W OULD THE GARDEN BE LIKE?
W ONDERFUL PLACE T O BE?
I’m a keen diver, always exploring the sea - so there’s
I guess for me it’s an anchor point - I’ve been here got to be a water element in my garden. I love
since I was a kid. This used to be a fruit farm and architectural plants, and having lots of foliage, too.
when I was little, we used to come here and pick
A garden should be somewhere you can relax - alone
strawberries and dig a Christmas tree up. People ask
or with family - and somewhere to entertain. It’s all
me why I still live in Southampton all the time, because
about getting out there as much as you can when we
I work quite a lot internationally. It’s because it has
have the weather for it.
good connections but you don’t feel like you are in a
big city or town - especially here. You’re not in that
hustle and bustle of a big city - you can feel like
you’re out of the way of all of that, but still have
access to it. People ask me why I
IF YOU COULD BUILD YOUR DREAM still live in Southampton
HOME, WHAT W OULD IT BE LIKE? all the time, because

I work quite a lot
I like the idea of being able to bring the outdoors
in. There’s always got to be a tree or some plants, internationally.
whether real or faux - an element of nature, like in It’s because it has good
those Far Eastern or Scandinavian home designs.
Functionality and good quality are important to me, connections but you
too. It’s got to be somewhere I can go back to and don’t feel like you are
relax after a busy day at work. in a big city or town -
especially here.
HO W W OULD YOU DECORATE IT?
You’re not in that hustle
I like things very clean and minimal, but very natural
as well. Materials like natural stone and wood - you and bustle of a big city
can see them in some of the things we have here. - you can feel like
I spent ages organising the correct marble for the bar you’re out of the way
and the reclaimed timber for the walls, sourcing all of all of that, but still
those natural materials which I really love. have access to it.

I like a really nice, clean, calm colour - but I’m not
afraid of using colour - dark, punchy or moody
colours can create a relaxing, comforting space,
a whole movement away from the trend of really
clean and clinical.

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