The Wallpaper* Apartment

On Sunday we visited a pop-up apartment in the newly renovated 155 Sloane Street building in Chelsea that Wallpaper* magazine has designed to showcase modern, stylish living. It provided a veritable feast of interior design novelties.

Silver table by Finn Juhl, for Onecollection, Alex chairs by Enrico Pellizzoni, Agnes chandelier by Lindsey Adelman, for Roll & Hill

Gold convex mirror by Andrew Webb, for Collier Webb

JZ tea trolley, 1950 by Jorge Zalszupin, for Etel, Steps floor lamp by Atelier Areti

Ceramic tiger sculpture, 1970s from Birgit Israel

Dakota, Michael and Jesse, Bronc Riders, Eureka County Fair, Eureka, Nevada, 2012, C-type print, by Lucas Foglia, from Michael Hoppen Gallery

Ozio armchair by Gordon Guillaumier, for Arketipo, Salute side table by Sebastian Herkner, for La Chance

Origami wall lamp by François Champsaur, for Pouenat, Helena port glasses by William Yeoward, Vintage clock from Sunbury Antiques

Cloche lamp by Lars Beller Fjetland, for Wrong for Hay, Geometry set, Wallpaper* Handmade project by Michaël Verheyden

Star Trek lounge chair by Roberto Lazzeroni, for Ceccotti Collezioni, Fliegenbein BL floor lamp by JT Kalmar, for Kalmar

Tetrahedra chest of drawers by Cillian Ó’Súilleabháin, Oda lamp by Sebastian Herkner, for Pulpo, Spectral Barn Owl by Chloe Sells from Michael Hoppen Contemporary

Playing card mirror by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari, for Seletti

Spike marble shelf by Konstantin Grcic, for Magis

Cosmo wall hanging system by Studio Joa Herrenknecht

Apartment 5 at 155 Sloane Street certainly gives a glimpse of stylish and modern living. Inevitably it feels like a very swish show home and I’m not sure I could live with quite so many shiny surfaces. But there is much to admire. The layout of rooms is good, making the most of aspect, views and space constraints. There are many individual, beautiful objects, that are somehow dulled a little by their proximity to so many other equally beautiful objects. Less really is more. However, the tea trolley, the gold convex mirror and the mustard armchair would keep me happy for a very, very long time. And the paint scheme works brilliantly, containing some of my favourite Farrow & Ball colours: Stiffkey Blue, Mole’s Breath, Pavilion Gray and Oval Room Blue.

Sadly, the pop-up was only open to the public over the past weekend. Contact Cadogan if you are interested in purchasing one of the 10 apartments.

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