Beata Heuman Ltd

16/09/2026

When we were designing our kitchen at 188 Hammersmith Road we found ourselves in a spot of bother. What we really needed were some stylish spotlights but there were none to be found. So…as the saying goes: ‘if you want something done right, do it yourself’. We began with a spotlight rail, which is fitted on adjustable chains offering flexible, directional lighting closer to counter tops even when your ceilings are tall. I have actually never seen spotlight rails on chains before and it has proved an excellent solution for kitchens and utility spaces across every project I’ve worked on since. Soon followed a single spot which can be fitted both on walls and ceilings. Then we did a double spot and a characterful picture light in the same language. Perfect for slightly smarter illumination in living rooms and studies. I have been chomping at the bit to add them to Shoppa, so I’m delighted the day has come at last: the 188 Collection is officially available to purchase. And for y’all across the pond, US versions have been designed to fit with J-Boxes and are UL listed. Follow link in stories to see the full collection.

14/07/2026

Thank you for having me on CNN Seasons! Could chat to until the cows come home, you’re just the best ❤️. Follow link in stories to see the whole episode: ‘Women redefining luxury’ no less…

01/07/2026

It didn’t take me long to become entranced by the elusive powers of an excellent chintz. Some of them, such as the one used in Diana Vreeland’s drawing room ‘A garden in hell’ sourced from John Fowler no less, is the stuff of legends. I have been thinking about adding one to the collection for a long time.

Our Summer Chintz is my attempt at bottling the feeling of summer: wild arrangements of roses, blousy peonies, delicate anemones and flirty marigolds, interspersed with tough wheatsheaves from the farm where I grew up. The fabric is rotary screen printed on 100% cotton, giving a vivid depth to each colour — connecting it to the great chintzes of days of yore. We’ve also made a wallpaper: a deconstructed version of the pattern that is surflex printed using rollers, giving it a traditional, soft and painterly print mark.

01/07/2026

Memories of summer – for our Summer Chintz… Feeling sticky, tomatoes, cake in the afternoon, my mother’s garden, walking across slippery stones in the stream, reading in long grass, making friends with a caterpillar… Filmed a few weeks ago on the farm where I grew up in the South of Sweden.

By .form

24/06/2026

We’ve spent a long time developing a particular new fabric which I have been thinking about for years. It’s launching on 1 July – inching closer…! This was filmed on a hot summer day on the farm in Sweden with .form a few weeks ago🌞

19/06/2026

Helluva Midsommar at 188 last night! We were worried no-one would show up 😬

Thank you Philip Philip Banks for capturing the atmosphere and all the guests for being in EXCELLENT high spirits. Skål!

14/06/2026

Adwoa Aboah house which we completed back in 2021, shot here by Simon Upton for the cover story of Architectural Digest in October 2023 – a thrilling moment! The layout was familiar to another house we’d done on a side street so it was quick to get our head around it spatially but perhaps because of that ease it morphed into something completely different straight away. It is fascinating to observe how a client’s personality influences the expression. It will always be a driving force and it was particularly prevalent in this project. I really enjoyed working with a different palette - it was a ride!

24/05/2026

We spent four nights in Capri last week staying at Axel Munthe’s Villa San Michele perched high, surrounded by a hazy horizon which makes it hard to see where the sea ends and the sky begins. Axel Munthe left the Villa to the Swedish state on his death in 1949 and as a Swede you can apply for a scholarship to stay for 3 weeks immersing yourself in a creative project. There is an ambition for the fellows to be working across different disciplines, and to be of varying ages, which makes for a particularly dynamic environment. It’s a time capsule in many ways and has a special quality to it that it is very distinct. I felt it strongly the only other time I’ve visited 13 years ago which lead me to read Munthe’s ‘The story of Villa San Michele’ and I got even more intrigued - I found him hilarious which I wasn’t expecting! We went on dramatic walks, I had a for me out of character possibly religious experience in the 15th century chapel and hermitage of Santa Maria a Cetrella, high up on the mountain, intensified or maybe because the friendly woman who let us in lead me straight into the kitchen (the kind they don’t show you in the glossy brochures…).
Thank you for an wonderful stay
 
1. Axel Munthe’s bedroom.
2. His kitchen.
3. 6am by the 3200 year old sphinx.
4. The loggia.
5&6 The foundation’s director delightful apartment in the museum grounds.
7. Le Grottelle, a charming dinner spot and not too touristy (this time of year at least).
8. Sunset.
9. Walk in the morning.
10. Picture perfect lunch.
11. Villa Lysis ‘Dédiée à la jeunesse d’amour’.
12-20. Discovering Santa Maria a Cetrella

29/04/2026