jade lovejoy
stylist & Window dresser
Our home is an eclectic mix of styles, vintage treasures, and old window props. But when you live with children, you learn not to be too precious about things. Our children’s masterpieces hang alongside art we’ve collected and antiques we’ve inherited.
Our house is a loud, vivacious family home, and I think that is reflected in its style.
Family Firts..
We are a blended family with five daughters between us, and a son together. And a cat with five different names, because no one could agree!
Home is..
A Victorian house, in leafy North London.
What we love about our neighbourhood..
I love our corner of London, it’s so close to Hampstead Heath that it feels like we’re in the countryside too.
My secret shopping places for..
Curiosities: Antique markets. I love home interiors that have at least one piece of vintage furniture - a piece with a past, a history.
Cool Art: The trick is less about where and more about how - look for pieces that feel a little imperfect, a bit off-centre, or from artists who aren’t trying to be ‘commercial.’ That’s usually where the interesting stuff lives.
Clothes: I’ve worked across high street and high fashion, the mark-up is huge. It’s why I choose to buy less, repurpose what I can, and shop second-hand and vintage.
I get my interior inspiration from
I have always loved magazines, but also beautifully curated coffee-table books, art, fashion, films, and nature. Colour combinations in nature never get it wrong!
The most important thing in a home is..
The most important thing about a home is the feeling it creates, a sense of belononging, warmth, and saftety.
The house feels best when..
It’s lived in. It feels collected and not curated.
The house feels weird when..
It’s too quiet!
Fave part of my house..
The kitchen. It’s a cliché, but it really is the heart of the home. Cooking while homework gets done, eating together, art projects sprawled across the floor. Endless birthdays, kitchen discos, teenage parties and class get-togethers - it holds it all. It’s where all the fun happens, and all the boring stuff, like dinner.
Least-LoveD part of my home..
The utility ‘room’. It doesn’t exist.
If money was no object I would..
Help tackle homelessness in London. Far too many young people don’t feel safe or secure at home, and I’d love to support organisations like Accumulate, which help young people affected by homelessness through creativity, education and opportunity.
The Book of Homelessness - a Community crowdfunding project in London by Accumulate
we had to let go of perfectionism, a neat home is a dull one!
