It's a Family Affair — This Interior Designer Transformed Her Period Home In London With the Help of Her Architect Brother and Garden Designer Husband

Open-plan kitchen-diner with plaster pink walls, wood floor, wood kitchen cabinetry with green stone worktop, red structural steel, exposed brick fireplace.

Designing one's own forever home can be tricky, even for a seasoned interior designer. For Valerie von Bechtolsheim, who lives in this home with her husband, Benny, and their children, Laurie and Casper, clarity arrived after several years.

"I wanted the house to feel transportive," says the German-born designer of their Victorian house. "To have moments that didn't feel like London at all."