26/05/2026
Chelsea Harbour, sourcing for a country house in West Sussex.
Sourcing looks straightforward from the outside. In practice every fabric held up, every fitting considered, is carrying a set of decisions that started weeks earlier. The headboard fabric began as a pattern.
Whether it stays that way depends on what sits next to it, the cushions, the bedspread, the wall treatment, and whether a thread of connection runs through all of them without any two things matching directly.
The same logic applied to lighting. Three fittings needed for one room, across two suppliers. The question is never whether they match. It is whether the metal finish, the shade fabric, or both carry enough of the same sensibility to read as considered rather than collected.
Levan House Design. Interior design for period and character homes, London and Sussex.
