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Fresh approach

Redecorating a property once owned by a celebrated interior
designer could be a daunting prospect, but Lauren Gurvich King
knew exactly how to make her mark on this Belgravia house

TEXT DAVID NICHOLLS | PHOTOGRAPHS KATE MARTIN

BOTH PAGES The first-floor drawing room illustrates Lauren’s skill in combining diverse furnishings. An inexpensive lamp stands beneath a Lucian Freud
portrait (opposite), while an Eighties art deco revival coffee table by Drexel, a Fifties brass and enamel crane sculpture by Boris Lovet-Lorski and a geometric rug
from The Rug Company give a sense of glamour. The ‘Villa’ sofa is by Jan Showers, an interior designer friend of Lauren’s who helped decorate the house

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