Infomation
Contact:
Robert Carslaw
Chelsea Reach
79-89 Lots Road
SW10 0RN
United Kingdom
Estray Park
Budock
Cornwall
TR11 5EE
United Kingdom
Tel: 0207 376 4440
Mob: 07785 777154
Fax: 0207 351 3258
Areas of work:
- Conservation / Restoration
- Art and antiques
- Reception areas
- Boardrooms
- Bedrooms
- Historic buildings
Profile
Robert Carslaw / Robert Carslaw
Recent times have brought an interesting and eclectic mix of work. Current projects include two London townhouses; one requiring a concession to minimalism while the other demands a traditional interpretation to gracious living. English country projects include the reinterpretation of a modern marine-side apartment and a 17th Century bailiff’s house requiring up to date integration of the original structure with Victorian and late 20th Century additions set in a renowned garden. Foreign projects include the rebuilding and refurbishment of an Italian farmhouse to incorporate ‘mod cons’ with a collection of 18th Century English walnut furniture.
Biography:
Robert Carslaw has run a highly successful design and decoration business over 20 years. He offers a friendly and personal service to clients, with great attention to detail. He creates both modern and traditional interiors, which combine classical proportion with contemporary materials and details, to give a fresh and original appeal. His design philosophy is probably best understood by looking at his ability to integrate form and function with aesthetics across the principal periods of design and decoration.
He is currently excited by the more recently emerging preoccupation with post-war design and the reinterpretation of styles spawned by the Festival of Britain.
Commissions vary in size from a single room to whole houses and work is carefully managed from concept through to completion on site. Principally based in London he has now opened a second office in the South West in the hope of servicing this newly popular region. He has previously carried out commissions in Northamptonshire, Sussex, Hampshire, Somerset, and Devon. He has access to teams of reliable and skilled craftsmen and builders, ensuring that the highest standards are achieved.
His work is regularly featured in the media and he guest lectures on interior design when time permits. Robert Carslaw is also a member of the British Interior Designers of the Chartered Society of Designers and the International Interior Designers Association.