Small-Space Living: A Petite London Apartment, Plants Included

Photography and Styling by Anna & Tam

Come with us on a tour of London designer Ondine Ash's compact flat on the first floor of a converted Victorian in London's Brixton neighborhood, where she both lives and runs her eponymous homewares collection. Ash did the renovation work herself: click through for inspiration.

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Ash incorporates textiles wherever she can.

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The compact birch-ply kitchen was built by Ash's uncle, a carpenter.

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Open shelves display vintage odds and ends.

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Ash's spare room doubles as her stock room and workspace.

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Blankets and baskets are efficiently stored in built-in shelving.

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Ash makes her hanging baskets from hand-dyed cotton cord.

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Ash displays her range of mud-cloth cushions on her bed.

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Ash does all of her own indigo dying in the bath.

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The bathroom sink is mounted on a vintage wooden cabinet.

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