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nterior designer, Broosk Saib, lives in Putney,
a peaceful leafy suburb in southwest London,
but his early childhood was spent under the
shadow of war. He was born in Baghdad
a provincial governor. ‘There was constant

Respite came every summer when the family would decamp
to
bicycle, shopping, the freedom and security, and the feeling
became so intense that the family stayed in England for good.
‘The day we moved to London was the day I felt like I was
Broosk spent his spare time trawling the antiques markets of

After studying interior design, he began decorating the
properties that his father was buying and renting out. ‘It

LEFT: In the drawing room, leather armchairs are draped with antique suzanis, and
the sofa is upholstered in a Northcroft Fabric velvet topped with pillows covered in
fabrics by Andrew Martin International; the portrait was purchased at Christies, the
cabinet and mahogany chair are English antiques, a reproduction of a William IV
bench serves as a cocktail table, and the rug is by Alton-Brooke
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