Art Director Sandy Suffield’s Vintage Filled London Flat
For several years now, we’ve been avidly following art director/set designer Sandy Suffield’s personal creative projects, from converting an abandoned electrical building into a dream vacation rental to transforming used packing materials into botanical art. Today, as she prepares to move for the first time in nearly 25 years, Sandy has invited us to tour her longtime home base, a two-bedroom flat in North London entirely furnished with vintage finds—and newly on the market.
“I’m an eBay, charity shop, vintage addict,” confides Sandy. “Choosing old stuff is both an aesthetic choice and a reluctance to contribute to landfill.” It’s also economical: she’s continually adding to the collection and upgrading her spaces, but the only change she classifies as a splurge is the floor-to-ceiling glass door linking the living room and garden.
How does Sandy keep her quarters from being overwhelmed by all the “tut” that she welcomes in? Read on for the simple tricks of her trade that she applied throughout.
Photography by Sandy Suffield, unless noted.
Sandy bought the ground floor flat (hers has the bay window with the curtains) in 2001 after “touring about 40 places within a tight catchment.” She was sold by the apartment’s lovely natural light and its private garden—scroll to the end to see the floor plan. Photograph by Melissa Hunt.
