Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic The renovation of a family home can be many things \u2014 dusty, stressful and logistically challenging among them. It is rarely fun. Yet that is how interior designer Tanya Selway remembers the transformation of her home in Chiswick, west London, when she was a child.\u201cWhen I was growing up, we were constantly living in a building site. My parents sort of built that house over 15 years,\u201d she says. \u201cOne morning, I came downstairs and my dad had blocked off the back of the house because they\u2019d taken the wall down.\u201d Her father, an artist, transformed the exposed chipboard into an entire garden mural, creating what Selway describes as being \u201clike the backdrop of a stage\u201d.This playful, painterly approach to domestic spaces would become the blueprint for her own design philosophy years later. \u201cI often think about that and how magical it was for us as kids,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was like being in some sort of story.\u201dWe\u2019re talking in the kitchen of her recently renovated home, not far from where she grew up. \u201cThis house is a love letter to my childhood,\u201d she says of the Edwardian red-brick end-of-terrace, \u201cin the ways that we use the space, and also the materials and how I just emotionally connect with it.\u201d Here, materials from her family\u2019s past have transformed what was a pleasant but dated property; it is a testament to her father\u2019s lesson that a house is not just a structure, but a space for personal expression.Selway studied fine art at Brighton University, specialising in painting. Having moved to Los Angeles in 2013 with her husband Jamie, a sound mixer for film and television, she began her design career working on the homes of high-profile clients in the entertainment industry. Returning to London during the pandemic, she co-founded Stelly Selway with business partner Benjamin Stelly, now working across the UK, Los Angeles and Austin, Texas.\u00a0Where designing for clients is a carefully choreographed dance of restraint and strategic creativity, often involving conservative colour palettes and safer material choices, Selway\u2019s approach to her own home has been radically different. \u201cI could really explore my own emotional connections to design,\u201d she says. Here, bold colours, unconventional materials collected during warehouse clear-outs or saved from her parents\u2019 old house, and personal artefacts are key.\u00a0At the heart of Selway\u2019s home is the kitchen that she has transformed from a tight galley space into a social hub by extending 3 metres into the garden \u2014 the maximum allowed without permits. \u201cWe love hosting,\u201d she says. \u201cIt has to be really sociable. We wanted to be able to host 25 people at Christmas.\u201d The extension was designed to feel seamless, incorporating an antique ceiling rose and joinery in American cherry that runs along the entire wall to create a sense of connection.For the kitchen units, stainless steel connects the vivid Red Jasper marble countertops with the floor\u2019s muted terracotta tiles, selected for their 1960s aesthetic and their tactile warmth when combined with the underfloor heating. In the dining area, leather fronts to the cabinets were custom crafted from offcuts from previous projects.\u201cWe\u2019d wanted to do leather-fronted cabinets in clients\u2019 properties, and they were not brave enough, they just didn\u2019t think they were durable,\u201d Selway says. \u201cNow I can legitimately say \u2018It\u2019s fine, I have them in my own home!\u2019\u201dColour choices are deliberately counterintuitive, the sitting room walls are painted in Farrow & Ball\u2019s India Yellow, while the master en suite is a bright sky blue that Selway chose to challenge her husband\u2019s initial choice of Farrow & Ball\u2019s muted grey-brown Mouse\u2019s Back. Without the budget of many of her clients, Selway was strategic in mixing high and low-end pieces. Particularly striking is the combination of vintage lighting, leopard-print fabrics (including on the stairs) and personal artworks.The redesign has also sparked new creative collaborations. Dangling above the kitchen island are two ceramic head pendants by artist Annelie Fawke, who also painted a whimsical custom mural of hands, legs and eyes in the downstairs loo. The heads gently rotate, seeming to talk to each other or turn away, and are complemented by small ceramic wall lights on the ground floor. Since then, Fawke has produced similar lighting pieces on a larger scale for a Stelly Selway-designed Los Angeles restaurant.Upstairs, her six-year-old daughter Althea\u2019s room features a playful mural inspired by a theatrical backdrop, while eight-year-old Mila\u2019s bedroom next door has large-scale hand-painted flowers paired with vintage pieces, such as a bureau from Selway\u2019s parents\u2019 house and a \u201cprincess chair\u201d from vintage design dealer Scene by Chloe. The headboards are constructed from more leather and suede remnants; cushions are covered in fabric left over from Selway\u2019s mother\u2019s wedding outfit from the 1970s.\u00a0In the newly extended loft space is the master bedroom. \u201cIt is my haven,\u201d says Selway. Here, the room has been designed to capture the changing light throughout the day. Sunrise is visible from bed through the roof lights, while strategically placed fan lights allow the setting sun to filter through the en-suite bathroom, creating a golden glow in the early evening.The focus of the room, however, is a freestanding roll-top bath. \u201cWhenever we\u2019d stay in hotels, I\u2019m like, \u2018I want a bath in our room\u2019 \u2014 that, to me, is pure luxury,\u201d she explains. The bath \u2014 a Facebook Marketplace find \u2014 is surrounded by tiles that pay homage to her parents\u2019 own 1980s bathroom.\u201cOur house was awash with colour and bold choices \u2014 and they had such an Eighties bathroom, completely tiled, floor to ceiling, in this verde marble. My mum had one box left and before we even started doing this house I knew I needed to incorporate it somewhere.\u201d\u201cPeople will think, \u2018She\u2019s obsessed with her parents!,\u2019\u201d she laughs. \u201cI\u2019m not. I just had a very lovely childhood, and was very fortunate that my dad was so creative.\u201dFind out about our latest stories first \u2014 follow @ft_houseandhome on Instagram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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