Roger banks pye biography channel

  • Banks-Pye was born in Sheffield in 1948, where he grew up and attended the grammar school, spending much of his time in the art department.
  • Roger Banks-Pye worked for an architect and ran his own decorating business before joining the internationally acclaimed decorating firm Colefax and Fowler in.
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    Roger Banks-Pye: Obituary

    "Roger Banks-Pye is the most innovative talent working behind closed doors this century," proclaimed Louis Gropp, Editor-in-Chief of America's House Beautiful magazine, when discussing interior designers a few years ago.

    Banks-Pye was the interior design director for the decorating division of Colefax & Fowler. At first glance his work appears quite traditional because of his predominant use of antiques, old pictures and accessories, but in fact he was always re-inventing so that conventional elements could be revitalised and seen anew.

    Working for Colefax & Fowler had been Roger Banks-Pye's firm ambition even as a student, but it was not until 11 July 1977, on his 29th birthday, that this dream was realised. It was also some time after joining the famous decorating firm that his exceptional talent began to emerge. Unusually for an aspiring designer, he was put in charge of the antiques department, an appointment which lasted two years. He then transferr

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    We were delighted to have Paddy O’Donnell join Sara for this week’s 3 on a Thursday on our Instagram TV channel, you can watch back their chat here.

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    About Paddy

    Patrick O’Donnell has been a part of the Farrow & Ball team since 2012. As of 2018, he has held the role of International Brand Ambassador, fostering relationships between Farrow & Ball and the designers and decorators who use its products to bring clients’ homes to life.​
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    After completing A-Levels in English, Fine Art, History of Art and Classical History, Patrick went on to earn an ISVA Fine Art & Chattels qualification at Southampton, before beginning a career in specialist paint decoration, studying at the Leonard Pardon School in London.​
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    Having held roles across the creative industries, including those in film and television, floristry, and interior design, Patrick has since brought his considerable experience and impeccable eye for colour an

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    If you’re acquainted with the work of the late musical comedy duo Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, you might also know of their 1956 song Design for Living, with its catchy refrain “We’re terribly House & Garden, at number 7b.” (Just in case not, I’ve put a link to it on YouTube.) As a child, I used to play it on repeat, finding hilarity in their charting of the ways they were formgivning an interior “that won’t disgrace our ‘House & Garden’ friends.” There were curtains made of straw, and “we’ve wallpapered the floor!” It got even better: “Have you a home that cries out to your every visitor: 'Here lives somebody who is exciting to know!' No? Well, why not collect those little metall bottle-tops and nail them upside down to the floor?” A hysterically insane – and uncomfortable – idea, right? Except that, recently, inom was perusing the House & Garden Fifties House (a gem of a book; avail