During her working life in finance, Sule Arinc had always made a point of indulging her passion for interior design. “Over the years, I’ve owned a number of flats and houses, so I’ve had plenty of practice and my friends would often ask me to help them with their schemes,” she recalls. “Then, as the children grew up, I came to the conclusion that interior design was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life – and it now takes up every available minute I have.”
Two years ago, Sule and her husband began looking for a flat in Istanbul – one where the couple and their three children could spend time with friends and relatives during the school holidays. Central to Sule’s design concept was introducing a sense of 1950s style throughout the interiors. “I knew I wanted brass highlights – my inspiration was the brass lighting and decorative accessories at Nopi, the Ottolenghi restaurant in London’s Soho,” she says.
Photography: Andreas von Einsiedel
