Bloomsbury legacy lives on in Cressida Bell’s colourful London home | Homes and Property

Bloomsbury legacy lives on in Cressida Bell’s colourful London homeBorn into a family at the heart of the Bloomsbury Group, talented textiles artist Cressida Bell is a non-stop dynamo of creativity.Cressida in her living room: with hand-painted furniture and lamp shade. Photographs: Charles Hosea

Having Bloomsbury Group painter Vanessa Bell as your grandmother could be daunting. But for textile and pattern designer Cressida Bell, her link to the heroine of Life in Squares — BBC2’s new drama about the bohemian elite who triggered a cultural revolution — is a spur.

Cressida thinks in patterns and designs - and lives among them too (left); Bell's Mexican Tulips silk design (right) will be made into a dress for the next series of ITV drama Mr Selfridge (dress and styling by Philippa Stockley)Turquoise walls: inspired by Istanbul’s Grand BazaarEchoes of Charleston: three plates (right) by Quentin Bell, Cressida’s potter fatherCressida in her kitchen: where she likes to entertainBold: Cressida's home is full of colour and patternThe bathroom: with tiled mermaid and merman mural by her fatherWhat it cost

• House in 1972: £18,000
• Estimated value now: £1.5 million

Cressida’s top tipPoster offerCressida Bell website

• Shop for Cressida Bell’s silks and other designs.
• Help restore Charleston’s glorious painted interiors by crowdfunding through the Art Fund.

The walled garden: small but packed with colour