At Peace - Miminat Shodeinde carves out a minimalist haven in a West London row house.

Miminat Shodeinde carves out a minimalist haven in a West London row house. For the British Nigerian artist turned designer Miminat Shodeinde, who founded her London-based architecture and interiors studio, Miminat Designs, in 2017, good design is a feeling. Peace is at the core of her projects, a sensation the self-described "mental minimalist" achieves through a considered mix of materials, thoughtful spatial arrangements, and an intuitive research process. "I'm a walking sponge," says Shodeinde, who joined the ELLE DECOR A-List in 2023. "So when I'm ready to design, the ideas just come."

- By Camille Okhia

For the British Nigerian artist turned designer Miminat Shodeinde, who founded her London-based architecture and interiors studio, Miminat Designs, in 2017, good design is a feeling. Peace is at the core of her projects, a sensation the self-described "mental minimalist" achieves through a considered mix of materials, thoughtful spatial arrangements, and an intuitive research process. "I'm a walking sponge," says Shodeinde, who joined the ELLE DECOR A-List in 2023. "So when I'm ready to design, the ideas just come."

Her approach to this three-story, 1,500-square-foot new build in London's Kensal Green neighborhood started with the floor plan. Shodeinde's clients, an art-collecting couple in their 30s who purchased the property in the summer of 2022, were seeking a space where they could entertain and display their art collection. The twist? It also had to seamlessly unite their oppositional aesthetics.

The walls and shelving in the dinning room are made of travertine. The table and chairs are the clients own.