Sense & Sensuality

Design Intervention principal Nikki Hunt’s apartment in the posh district of Knightsbridge, London, pays homage to the property’s grand architecture, while fostering a sense of fun befitting a holiday home.

Having grown up in London, Nikki Hunt, Design Intervention principal, knew exactly where she wanted her holiday home to be. Based in Singapore, she shuttles between the two cities every quarterly to check in on her two children studying in the UK, and to manage commissions by Singapore clients to design their London homes, as well as to participate in trade fairs and award ceremonies.

“I wanted to be close to South Kensington or Knightsbridge because of their proximity to the airport. There is nothing worse than getting offa 12-hour flight and being faced with gridlocked traffic,” she says.

The 1,300 sq ft apartment – adjacent to the Victoria and Albert Museum, and within walking distance of Hyde Park and Harrods Food Hall – is the optimum size for her family of four. “If it was too big, I would feel guilty about leaving it unoccupied for extended periods, but I also wanted it to be spacious enough for the four of us to be comfortable and relaxed,” she explains.