The favourite room in this London penthouse apartment is outside – just take a look at that view (wow, wow, wow)
WORDS AND STYLING Mary Weaver
LIVING AREA
The outside is brought in with plenty of lush planting.
DINING AREA
‘I was desperate to avoid the apartment looking like a show home, so vintage pieces were important to counteract that,’ says owner Helen. ‘The way my designer put them together, by creating little vignettes all around the apartment, is genius.’
KITCHEN
‘To break up the wall of units, I chose one as a display area which draws the eye and makes for a softer look,’ says Helen.
KITCHEN
‘The apartment was a clinical canvas but now it’s an individual space full of personality and warmth,’ says Helen.
Sometimes you just know when something is right and you dive right in – that is what happened to the owner of this amazing central London penthouse apartment.
As a top exec – she is CEO of the British Retail Consortium, the trade body serving the retail industry and its customers – Helen Dickinson is used to making big decisions in snappy style. And she did just that when purchasing her beautiful sixth-floor penthouse apartment up among the clouds in the heart of the City of London. ‘I bought it off-plan in 2018, a decision based on a glossy brochure and seeing just the structure of the building,’ she says.
Helen had been looking off and on for about five years for her dream home and this apartment with its great location, well-designed spaces and quality finishes – plus, the icing on the top, a huge terrace as big as many city gardens, finally won her heart. ‘I hadn’t intended to purchase a new build but its bones were so good that I knew I could add character and personality,’ says Helen who received the OBE (from Prince William) for her work in 2016 and appeared on the government’s Covid podium at the beginning of lockdown urging us all not to bulk buy.
She moved in just before lockdown in February 2020. ‘The floors, kitchen and bathrooms were already fitted and it had plai
