Decorating Reece Mews

Reece Mews is a charming and secluded cobbled mews street tucked behind Fulham Road in the heart of South Kensington, most famously associated with the studio of the Irish artist Francis Bacon, who worked there from 1961 until his death in 1992. The mews comprises a row of converted stable and coach-house buildings, now predominantly residential, their low brick and rendered facades giving the street a distinctly intimate and almost village-like quality at odds with its central London location. Reece Mews falls within the Boltons Conservation Area and retains much of its original late-Victorian character.

Mews properties on Reece Mews call for delicate exterior work, with garage doors, rendered facades, and brickwork all requiring treatment sympathetic to the conservation area. The interiors of these compact but much-sought-after mews houses are often reconfigured over multiple floors and benefit from clever use of light, neutral colour, and specialist finishes to maximise the sense of space.