Meet Marc van Schie, an interior designer living off Old Street roundabout in an old umbrella factory with his husband Michael. The duo re-modeled the space, careful to maintain the historic building’s original features.

Rows of leather shoes with wooden shoe trees line up on the parquet flooring which stretches through the open plan living space. Their storage cupboards are 1930’s fridges, their personal style classic and timeless. It’s a building as artfully put together as the vast array of artwork hung on the walls.