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On her third renovation of the Victorian terrace she has lived in for 30 years, Ruth Evans chose a palette bursting with colour to backdrop her vast art collection

The children’s nursery rhyme I Can Sing a Rainbow swirls at the back of my mind as I wander the bright and beautiful rooms of art collector and author Ruth Evans’s north London home. Red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and blue – they’re all here.

Evans has lived in this Victorian terrace for 30 years and this is her third refurbishment. “Each renewal of the house marks a stage in my life. First it was a comfortable home in which to raise a child; then, in my 40s, it was about bringing my own sense of style to where I live; and now it’s the rest of my days: a culmination of everything I’ve learned over the years – the aesthetics, colour and art that make the house sing.”