Dining table Washer Outdoor furniture Hangers Dishwasher Bed linens Wifi Dishes and silverware Freezer Dryer Crib Board games Toaster Shower gel Cleaning products Bathtub Fire extinguisher Refrigerator Private backyard – Fully fenced Extra pillows and blankets TV Free street parking Dedicated workspace Microwave Coffee maker: french press Nespresso pour-over coffee Bidet Oven Private entrance Room-darkening shades Iron First aid kit Outdoor dining area Hair dryer Kitchen Smoke alarm Lockbox Essentials Hot water Carbon monoxide alarm Private patio or balcony Coffee Safe Luggage dropoff allowed Sonos Bluetooth sound system Portable fans Self check-in Conditioner Rice maker Books and reading material Long term stays allowed Shampoo Wine glasses Cooking basics Piano Baking sheet Babysitter recommendations Paid parking off premises Heating Stove Clothing storage
Home  for Art Lovers set in Garden
The house sits in, arguably, London's most beautiful area.  It is a 10 minute walk from Richmond Station and 5 minutes from Richmond Park.  There is a landscaped garden.  The house is suffused with light and full of art.<br /><br /><b>The space</b><br />The house is extremely bright, with light flooding in from the large landscaped garden.  The walls are covered with oil paintings.  The kitchen has tall windows which offer an unobstructed view of the walled garden.  A large dining table is just outside the kitchen and also looks out onto the garden.  The sitting room is book-lined and features a piano.  Upstairs the bedrooms are comfortable with excellent mattresses.  The beds in the third and fourth bedrooms are also comfortable;  they are convertible into couches.  The street outside the house is very quiet.  There is a parade of shops, including a delightful bakery, just one minute from the front of the house.  Richmond town centre is just 10 minutes away -- so too is RIchmond Stati
The neighbourhood is quiet, the neighbours kind.  The street is blocked with bollards at the bottom, so there is virtually no through traffic.  The parade of shops at the top of the road is just a one minute walk away.  There is a fantastic bakery there, a wine store and a grocery story where necessary provisions can be purchased.  London's most beautiful view (painted by Turner) is just a five minute walk from my front door.  So too is Richmond Park and the Thames River.  Richmond itself has two of London's finest theaters (the Orange Tree and Richmond Theatre) as well as two movie theatres, one specializing in art films.  There are numerous restaurants of every description in town, walking distance from the house. I have a list of such restaurants for guests to enjoy, as well as a small library of books about London.
I am a professional artist  - an oil painter and the illustrator of the Japanese edition of Harry Potter.  I live and work part of the year in Princeton NJ. I have teo sons, Noah (who works in Boston in the financial sector) and Ben (a phd student at Cambridge, UK). I was widowed 9 years ago; my current partner is a professor at Princeton.   I speak Japanese fluently — also Spanish, Portuguese and French - and collect Japanese maples. I am a graduate of Yale College, Harvard (Law School) and Oxford University. 

I am a keen runner -- I once ran marathons professionally (placing 3rd in the NY Marathon in 1982).  I also love cycling, singing. swimming, good literature and traveling.  

I have lived in London for 21 of the past 23 years.

I grew up in Raleigh.  My mother and older brother live in Cary.