The designer Lulu Lytle, co-founder of the design company Soane Britain, whose fabrics start at 100 pounds a meter, is the mastermind behind the posh splendor in Boris Johnson's official apartment, who easily manages the balancing act of crazyness, elegance and cosiness.
One photo shows Lytle in her typical ambience, on a light green checked couch.
Behind her on the shiny golden wallpaper, tightrope-dancing harlequins pester flirting parrots.
A cursory glance at 11 Downing Street as it was now on television reveals a similar facility. A stylized lion looks majestically out of an elaborately carved golden frame above a bright sofa with a fabric cover made of giant, climbing flowers. Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds opted for a radical renovation that was rumored to have cost up to £ 200,000 and, because it's not entirely clear who paid what when, Johnson is in a lot of trouble with it right now.