There are few homes big enough to host a weekend festival, but then not all homes have their own cinema, games room, gym, pool house and full-sized indoor basketball court.
‘You can’t really tell from the outside the fun you are about to walk into,’ says Tiffany Duggan, the founder of Studio Duggan who, as a childhood friend of the owners, was tasked with transforming this contemporary new-build in Hertfordshire into a party pad that is just as suitable for family relaxation.
She wasn’t short of inspiration, with her clients referencing everything from the interiors of the famous Beverly Hills Hotel to industrial chic and mid-century modern design. The common thread, says Tiffany, was that every element had to be ‘fun, dynamic and unique’. ‘They wanted their home to be uplifting – nothing too serious or restrained. And they weren’t fussed if it was “too much”. They just wanted to go for it!’
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It’s the kind of freedom that designers dream of, and Tiffany has seized the opportunity, creating bespoke pieces of furniture (‘off-the-shelf just doesn’t fit when you are working on this scale’) and selecting a dizzying roster of modern classics and vintage finds to fill the home’s many rooms.
It may be geared towards entertaining, exercising and indulging (there are three dedicated bars!), but moments of calm can be found everywhere. They are present in the restraint Tiffany has shown when decorating spaces that, in other hands, could have been kitsch, as well as in her studio’s clever use of textiles that softens this building’s architectural edges. ‘The house really does have everything,’ adds Tiffany. ‘There is no reason to ever leave.’ studioduggan.com
