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DRESS CIRCLE

BRING IN SOFT TEXTURE

or a cosier take on the open-plan look, this bedroom has a walk-in wardrobe finished in the same textured hessian fabric as the wall behind the bed. It’s in an apartment designed by Italian brand Cassina at the Television Centre in west London, a mid-century landmark recently revamped by architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. The warmth of the natural hessian is accentuated with wooden shelving in the dressing room, amber glass lights – Ficupala by Cassina – and a pale plush carpet, which heightens the sense of enveloping softness. But to maintain a light feel, the surrounding walls and

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