House Beautiful Celebrates Our Co-Founder’s Hypoallergenic Home on Grand Designs

We’re delighted to share that House Beautiful has featured the extraordinary home of DegreeArt.com’s co-founder, Elinor Olisa Barikor, and her family – the same home that first captured the public’s imagination on Grand Designs.
 

This recognition from one of the UK’s leading interiors publications marks a proud moment for us, not only because of the spotlight on Elinor’s journey, but because the feature highlights what we believe at our core: that art and design can transform lives. A Healthy Home, Built with Purpose Designed to support their sons’ severe allergies, Elinor and her husband Born built one of the UK’s first fully hypoallergenic homes. Every detail – from the low-VOC finishes to the mechanical ventilation and toxin-free materials – reflects a deep commitment to health-led design.

House Beautiful’s article explores how the family created a home that is not only functional and medically considered, but visually striking and emotionally rooted. Design That Does More The feature echoes a message close to the heart of DegreeArt.com: that creative spaces can be both beautiful and life-enhancing. The Richmond home stands as a living example of design as a form of care – an ethos we carry into every curated artwork, installation, and interior we help shape. From Screen to Page After first appearing on Grand Designs, the home has continued to inspire conversations about wellbeing in architecture and interiors.

Now, with House Beautiful offering its own perspective, the project reaches a wider audience – one that’s increasingly looking for meaning in the spaces they live in. Read the full article here: House Beautiful – Grand Designs Hypoallergenic Home

We’re proud to see Elinor’s vision recognised – and even prouder to champion design that makes a difference.

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