Rita Orais showing off her historical London home!
“I’ve always had an attraction to homes with an old spirit,” says Ora. “I knew this house specifically has been [home to] a lot of creatives, so I thought it would have a really special energy.”
She explains in her tour how much of the appeal of the house comes from its spacious garden, a little green space in the middle of London.
“The house is so earthy. The garden has its own personality,” says Ora.
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Ora’s living room opens out to the yard, with beautiful windows exposing the space to the inside. Also in the living space is an original wood partition that she toldADis one of her favorite parts of the house.
The renovations Ora made on her home mostly consisted of restoring the floors and roof, updating pipes and electricity and modernizing the bathrooms and kitchen, all while keeping its original character. She aimed for earth tones in the decor, rather than anything too stark.
Many of the furnishings came from London’s Portobello Road Market, and match the vintage vibes of the home itself.
“Traditionally, where I’m from, a snug is very masculine, it’s like a man cave,” she says. “That’s always been annoying to me. I was like, ‘What’s the female equivalent of that?’ I wanted that touch of romance and femininity.”
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“Everyone comes to my house and says, ‘I can’t believe you live in a house like this,'” she explains. “My exterior self is super flamboyant, colorful, and I’m really proud of the decisions I make. Internally, my interior self is the opposite. I wanted my inner self reflected in my home.”
Read about Rita Oras’s London home and see more photos inArchitectural Digest’s November 2022 issue or onarchdigest.com.
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