When Tanya Grigoroglou founded RAW Editions, a London-based gallery that focuses on post-war and contemporary prints, she imagined sharing her collection in a warm, intimate environment. “As a dealer, I always envisioned that I was going to take this out of the white gallery walls and the very intimidating experience of buying art,” she says. “I wanted something more personable and more transparent.”
Tanya realized her dream when she and her husband, Rupert Worrall, who is now also her business partner, purchased a Victorian terraced house that could function as both a family home and a by-appointment showroom. They worked with another creative couple, Amalia Skoufoglou and Jody O’Sullivan of O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects, to reimagine the old home for raising children and displaying artwork simultaneously. The result is equal parts color and self-control: “There is a restraint, but there are also a lot of bold elements,” says Amalia.
Above: Tanya and Rupert frequently host clients in the ground-level living room, where a striking custom fireplace is made of rust-colored recycled terrazzo from Granby Workshop. “I really wanted to use them because they are an artist collective in Liverpool,” Tanya says. “They are kind of revolutionary, bringing together art and architecture, and I wanted my entertaining space to be a nod to that.”Above: The other side of the room, with its built-in Douglas fir desk, serves as the couple’s office. Wall-to-wall burgundy shutters allow them to block out the busy street or let in the natural light.Above: The shutters, open. “That window is probably the most public aperture of the house,” Amalia says. “But since it’s Tanya and Rupert’s headquarters, we didn’t want to have something domestic like a curtain or a blind.”Above: Whitewashed oak floors provide a gallery feel, while “biscuity pink” walls support the framed prints. “I knew it would be a background that doesn’t overpower the art,” Tanya says of the hue, which matches RAW’s branding. “It brings everything together.” Plus, the painted dado rail honors the age of the home. Photograph by Tanya Grigoroglou.Above: Downstairs, the kitchen floors combine speckled granite and sage green concrete tiles. The blue-and-red dining table and swagged pendant are both by Muller Van Severen. Series 7 Chairs by Arne Jacobsen offer ergonomic, mid-century seating.
