‘Gorgeous’ bespoke nursery will be fit for a prince
Diana, Princess of Wales called upon Dragons of Walton Street to create idyllic rooms for her two infant sons.
Lucinda Croft, who runs the exclusive store in Knightsbridge, London, refused to be drawn on whether the duke and duchess of Cambridge had carried on the tradition and asked her to create a room for their first-born child.
Ms Croft, whose is said to have designed pieces for Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow, remains discreet on behalf of famous clients.
Even 30 years on, she declined to elaborate on the royal nurseries created by her mother Rosie Fisher for William and Harry.
“My mum did their nurseries. I was on work experience in the shop when Princess Diana came in. We met her lots of times,” she said.
“It was very exciting. It was all handmade and hand- painted. I know we did a special design for them. It was fairly gorgeous.
“We’ve always been very discreet about what we did. I think it’s such an intimate thing when you have a baby.”
When William was born in 1982, The Times reported that Diana had a mural painted around the nursery bedroom and a traditional wardrobe made “in keeping with romantic image which her own sartorial style has popularised”.
Ms Croft said, at the moment, soft muted greys and beiges were the colours of choice in babies’ rooms.
“The trends at the moment are for very muted colours — lovely soft greys and beiges and gentle colours. We used to do a lot more primary colours about five years ago,” she said.
“One of my suppliers said it’s consistent with an economic downturn, which is interesting. It’s much more subtle and peaceful and less blingy. It seems to me that if [the rooms] do have one blingy thing, it will be something like an amazing Moses basket with crystals around it.”
Ms Croft said furniture with a soft brush finish in jute — a cappuccino colour — is especially popular.
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