Home Comforts

Inherited art and antiques, together with accessories from favourite design shops, bring a warm, personal style to this classically decorated Victorian family home.

- Jennifer Goulding

“There is a fantastic German word that my late grandmother used to describe a person or a place that feels comforting and cosy, ‘gemütlich’. That is how I wanted this house to feel,” says Joanna Sharron, who lives in this five-bedroom Victorian terraced house in west London with her husband and their two daughters.

With 30 years’ experience of searching for prime residential properties to buy on behalf of private clients, Joanna, who runs her own property finding company, knows what she likes when it comes to interiors. “I see many beautiful houses as part of my job, but I’ve grown tired of the often cold, clinical feel of the decoration,” she says. “A warm family home was my aim; something chic but welcoming.”