Why I love Ealing
Ealing Area guide
Rudolph Diesel is head of design studio Rudolph Diesel Interiors. While working as an interior designer in London, he loves to explore different parts of the capital.
Why I love Ealing
Ealing’s village vibe is a relaxed and safe place to live. It offers loads of green space, great restaurants, coffee shops a-plenty and it’s just 30 minutes on the tube to Central London.
Love to look at
Ealing’s remarkable Gothic Revival town hall conveys a sense of civic pride, stability and permanence which is reflected throughout this easy-going suburb. The area is home to the world’s oldest film studios: the glamorous period when artists and film-makers came here to live and work is reflected in the dazzling Art Deco apartment blocks of Ealing Village.
Love to shop
For gift and home items, I love a mooch in Mooch, an award-winning independent Ealing gift shop, packed with carefully sourced jewellery, bags, scented candles, ceramics, carves, toiletries, cushions, silk ties, cuff-links, kimonos, cashmere jumpers, prints and oh, so much more!
Then there’s All Original – another gift shop, on Ealing Green - a great place to find handmade items and artworks by local artists. I also visit Artisan Coffee, where they claim to have built everything by hand around the Barista, so they have the space they need ‘to prepare the most beautiful coffees’. I can attest to the fact their Baristas treat every cup of coffee with the same care a fine chef does a meal.
Doppio Coffee Warehouse (156 Uxbridge Road) is a one-stop shop for everything coffee related, including equipment for wholesalers and retailers, or anyone just wanting a divine coffee.
For large retail stores, cinemas, theatres and restaurants and a selection of independent shops, I head for The Broadway, Ealing Broadway Centre.
Love to eat
Farm W5 (at 19, The Green) is a place where lovers of good food can buy a fantastic range of organic fruit and vegetables. Their café sells freshly-made lunch boxes, always popular with my team when we are working on an interior design project in Ealing.
Overlooking Ealing Common, the Grange is an enduring local favourite. With a seasonal modern European menu, it’s the perfect spot to relax with a glass of wine.
Ealing residents live to entertain and want their homes to reflect their unique style. As a luxury home interior designer, I applaud their desire to create a space that is not only beautiful, but filled with the owner’s personality.