The Morningtons picked their decorator, Penny Morrison, after spotting one of the London-based designer's projects in a magazine. Kidd recalls, "I just remember turning to Arthur and saying, 'This is my ideal house, my ideal decor, my ideal colors. Morrison herself hates interiors that look too decorated: "Things should be more eclectic, as if you've collected them over the years.
One of her main tasks was to bring the house into the 21st century. Previously, the bedrooms were lined with old wallpapers and even had hand basins. Worse, the place was also very cold. So they installed 40 radiators, as well as radiant heating under the floors and state-of-the-art boilers.
Morrison also changed the flow of the rooms on the ground floor by transforming four small back rooms into an eat-in kitchen and creating a conservatory out of a courtyard area that was previously covered with plastic sheeting. Trunks from the Duke of Wellington's campaigns, as well as a bust of him, in the library; prints of Saint Petersburg, found in the attic, hang above a console, a Kidd family heirloom.
Style-wise, the designer was more or less given free rein. The Morningtons' only specific request was to use hand-painted and -embroidered wallpapers from Fromental in the master bedroom and Wellesley's dressing room.
Morrison designed deep, inviting sofas, built-in bookcases, and oversize log baskets that add just the right dose of low-key, rustic charm. She also applied soft, soothing hues to the walls and then turned up the volume with punches of bright color.
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