Diana Bartlett’s most private quarters

Diana Bartlett relaxing on a beige sofa wrapped in the Nordic Knots Percale Duvet Cover in Shirt Blue/Red, styled in a cozy and elegant interior with a side table, lamp, and soft natural light.

PRIVATE QUARTERS, DIANA LOUISE BARTLETT, PARIS 2025

In her Paris pied-à-terre, Diana Louise Bartlett has created a home that feels at once sleek and spontaneous — a space of deliberate choices and easy living. The rooms are composed in soft contradictions: baby blue and mustard, as she puts it, “because most of the time I feel like a little boy.”

The Percale Duvet Cover in Shirt Blue/Red is shown draped over a beige sofa in a cozy, softly lit room with a marble side table, lamp, and curtains in neutral tones.

Percale in Shirt Blue/Burgundy — perfectly pressed, purposely misplaced.

Diana Bartlett taking a self-portrait with a vintage-style camera, wearing dark sunglasses and a striped shirt in a softly lit interior with warm tones and elegant details.

The living room unfolds like a still life — a mustard sofa grounded by leopard underfoot, a marble table heavy with patina, and velvet cushions in brown and blue, catching the afternoon light. A single butterfly rests on the wall — one of many small gestures that make the apartment feel deeply personal, almost improvised, yet perfectly resolved.

The Gild 03 – Leopard is shown in a cozy living room with a marble coffee table, beige sofa with dark and light cushions, and pale blue curtains.

Teddy Velvet Pillows in Mist and Walnut – proof that calm and bold can share a sofa.

The Teddy Velvet cushions in Mist and Walnut are shown on a beige sofa in a cozy corner with a glass side table, books, and a lamp, set against a softly lit wall with framed art and neutral curtains.

Bartlett’s home is more about mood than perfection. The bedroom, lined with striped wallpaper and anchored by crisp percale, hums with quiet rhythm. Light filters in from the street, falling across checkerboard wool and the amber glow of bedside lamps. Each corner tells of her constant movement — books half-read, a suitcase tucked beneath the chair, a camera on the table.

The Square Kelim in Tobacco is shown on a neatly made bed with the Percale Duvet Cover in Crisp White/Black, styled between two wooden bedside tables with matching lamps and a striped wallpaper backdrop.

Crisp meets bold — Percale and Kelim in quiet rebellion.

The Percale Pillow Cases in Crisp White/Black are shown neatly stacked on a bed beside a wooden nightstand with a lamp, books, and a vase of white flowers against striped wallpaper.
The Teddy Velvet cushion in Walnut is shown placed on a striped upholstered armchair with a white shirt draped over the backrest, set against a striped wallpaper backdrop.

“I travel more often than not,” she says, “so when I come home, I just want to be really cozy.”

That sense of comfort, of coming home, defines the apartment’s allure. It’s worldly yet grounded — a portrait of personal style, refined but undone, much like Bartlett herself.

Diana Bartlett sitting in a light blue armchair holding the Leopard cushion in Beige, with the Gild 03 – Leopard rug beneath, in a softly lit living room setting.

Photographed by Diana Louise Bartlett in Paris, 2025.