Home truths

Gabriel, what’s your desert island disc? Erykah Badu’s Worldwide Underground.

A perfect groove for all occasions.

If you were a mode of transport…? I’d be a train from the golden age of first-class rail travel. Chic with plenty to see.

Pens and pencils or a computer? Both, for different reasons. Broad strokes on paper, details on the computer.

A new talent you would like? Tap dancing – mostly so I could pretend to be as smooth as Sammy Davis Jr.

Do you have a fail-safe recipe? I make a great soft-boiled egg.

Favourite place for brunch in New York? The Odeon in Tribeca – it’s old-style

New York with great food.

GUEST BEDROOM

A Cloud light by Apparatus takes centre stage, while a brass ram’s head and more vintage finds add to the eclectic vibe. Get the look Find a similar side table at Graham and Green. For similar cowhide rugs, check out Rockett St George.

BATHROOM

‘The tiles are original, but we changed the vanity and designed the medicine cabinet ourselves,’ says Gabriel. ‘The lights either side of it were the first prototypes for our bestselling Vanity Sconce light – we wanted flattering lighting in here.’

Get the look For a similar vanity unit, try West One Bathrooms.

‘The proportions of the space here were new to us – what lights do you have in rooms with 12ft ceilings?’