Good luck was in the cards for Genower’s family, which includes two daughters (and a cat named Hobbes), because they found their new home within a week of selling their previous space. It’s a four-bedroom, 1920s, terraced house in the Furzedown neighborhood of London, which they call the House of Edencourt.

“Every room in this house needs love and decorating,” Genower, who works as a freelance art director and designer, writes. “It was very grey and beige throughout (not our style!).”

The family is about halfway through the renovation (up next on the list are their kids’ bedrooms and the kitchen), and it’s hard to imagine that the space was once subdued. 

“The colors you love are generally the colors you use/wear in everyday life,” Genower shares. “We both wear a lot of colors, especially yellow, orange, and green, so this is what we naturally gravitate to when deciding on colors for the room.”

Whether it’s the bright wall colors, art pieces, or lively furniture, we agree with Genower, who recently started offering color and styling advice to interior clients, when she describes the home as a “colorfully eclectic vintage home.”

• Living room walls — Little Greene “Mid Azure Green”
• Living room shelves — Little Greene “Mister David” , Farrow & Ball “Dutch Orange”. The middle shelf is a mix of both. 
• Kitchen wall paint — Dulux “Brilliant White”
• Kitchen yellow paints — Valspar “English Primrose”, “Golden Beet”
• Additional living area arch paint — Farrow & Ball “Arsenic”
• Additional living area shelf paint — Little Greene “Smalt”
• Additional living area built-in shelves paint — Little Greene “Mister David”
• Main bedroom paint — Graham and Brown “Angel Dust” , “Tipi”, “Tuscan Sunshine”, “Lioness” 
• Hallway shoe storage paint — Farrow & Ball “Dutch Orange,” “Arsenic,” and “Nancy’s Blushes” and Little Greene “Smalt.”
• Spare bedroom paint — Farrow & Ball “Dutch Orange,” Dulux’s “Deep Ultramarine”

• Walls — Little Greene “Mid Azure Green”
• Shelves — Little Greene “Mister David” , Farrow & Ball “Dutch Orange“. The middle shelf is a mix of both. 
• Hendricks Sofa — Habitat
• Jimi rug (special commissioned size and shape) — Hessia Studio
• Breaded pouf — Living in Design
• Retrostar chairs — Sternzeit Design
• Bar, coffee table, HMV stereomaster, lampshade — All vintage
• Electric blue vinyl crate — Etsy
• Artwork — Sir Peter Blake “Billy Rainbow,” James Joyce “Rainbow Cup,” bought from various galleries/art shows
• Skull — Bought from Mexico
• Arrow light — Scott Coppersmith Designs
• Yellow lamp — Not on High Street

• Wall paint — Dulux “Brilliant White”
• Yellows — Valspar “English Primrose”, “Golden Beet”
• Table — Loaf (not sold anymore with blue edging)
• Lights, chairs, plan chest, artwork — All eBay and vintage
• Terrazzo top — Kate Gillies

• Arch paint — Farrow & Ball “Arsenic”
• Shelf paint — Little Greene “Smalt”
• Built-in shelves paint — Little Greene, “Mister David” 
• Shorty lockers — Mustard Made
• Artwork — Limited edition David Shrigley ‘Time’

• Paint — Graham and Brown “Angel Dust” , “Tipi”, “Tuscan Sunshine”, “Lioness”
• Yellow bed and yellow floor lamps all five or six years old — Habitat
• Shelving unit — Habitat
• Dressing table and chest of drawers — Vintage Gplan from eBay/vinterior 
• Vintage rugs — Etsy or Mexico
• Vintage cabinet — Gifted
• Icon Dolce velvet lounger chair — Bean Bag Bazaar
• Book collection — Mostly from Folio Society
• Bed throw — Padded Paw
• Side tables with added cork top — Made In Design
• Wall lights — John Lewis

• Paint — Farrow & Ball “Dutch Orange,” “Arsenic,” “Nancy’s Blushes,” and Little Greene, “Smalt”

• Wardrobes made to measure
• Paint — Farrow & Ball “Dutch Orange,” Dulux “Deep Ultramarine”
• Fun Guy wallpaper in Burnt Orange and Deep Pink — Lust Home
• Vintage bureau — Vinterior
• Bench— vintage
• Futon — Futon Company

Thanks, Janine!

This tour’s responses and photos were edited for length/size and clarity.
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