Life at home with Ned and Sarah Corbett-Winder is, frankly, a hoot. Known for both their flair (he founded the perennially popular present company Not Another Bill; she’s a fashion stylist and consultant) and their sense of fun, the couple live a semi-detached house in north-west London that, Ned tells us, Sarah is desperate to paint brown. Inside, its playful palette is defined by earthy pinks, gorgeous greens and a serious amount of stripes – which together make an elegant backdrop for Sarah’s much-vaunted OOTD videos on Instagram that show her doing everything from taking the bins out in a sparkly frock to laying the table for dinner… In the bath. Sarah’s enviable wardrobe, Ned says, is the seventh member of the household, along with their three children (Lyon, five, Nancy, three, and Celeste, one) and Margaret, the dappled sausage dog.
The house is also a canvas for the couple’s huge collection of mementos and treasured artworks – not least those by their kids (“I’m a real believer that anything en masse is fab,” says Sarah). And while Margaret hasn’t yet submitted a pawtrait to the gallery wall, “she does have a lot to say for herself!” – normally holding court from the kitchen’s yellow armchair. She’s clearly got good taste.
My most recent home improvement…
Ned: Building a bed for our eldest, Lyon, who wanted one that was “off the ground”. We are (Sarah is!) rather particular and we couldn’t find one that was right, so we got building. We bought lots of wood from the hardware store – et voilà! Sarah then painted it using Annie Sloan’s chalk paint in dark olive. Everyone watched/joined in/cheered on the event. It was a lovely thing to do for our son.
Sarah: Jazzing up our spare room, the walls of which used to be painted a very flat blue. We are a stripe-obsessed family, but were yet to have hand-painted ones anywhere; I saw this as the perfect moment. The artist Lucy Mahon did them using Edward Bulmer paint, which really is sensational – the pigments are like no others. We kept the room’s blue theme and just added a few more stripes.
