VOYAGE
From bespoke hand-poured candles to the highly flourishing Ibiza Chair Company, established over a decade ago, you could say that the destiny and outline of Heritage53 had already been sketched lightly in ink. It was just waiting to be written. An Island resident for over 25 years, Sophie Paul would travel a path first blazoned by her father in 1953 before finding her own romantic way to the place she and her family call home today.
This is how it all began.
Like everything on the Island, there is no one-way to be. With joyful twists and turns at every moment, Ibiza possesses a mischievous soul with a delicious desire to seek freedom from the unconventional. It provided a haven for the libertines, vagabonds, poets, beatniks and artists of the 50s and 60s and still to this day calls in the defiant ones. Daring to dance away from the humdrum of society, Humphrey John set forth on a series of escapades that would implore him to Ibiza.
The year was 1953 and a new tribe of brave, radical thinkers were emerging from the dusty ruins of a world that had been in too many battles. Finding himself on board a sailing boat owned by his dearest friend Arthur Unwin and George Fogelberg Jensen, he sailed around those very same shores. He was eventually guided inland by the Bohemian lights of revelry and the ever-evolving pursuit of a life less ordinary.
In 1970s England, after such travels between Ibiza and Saint Tropez, no regular abode would do for the Wilsons. So a rambunctious Manor house in the parish of Hollowell, an area documented in the Domesday Book of 1086, was purchased and became the place of fantastical childhood adventures and dreams for a young Sophie.
Days spent running rampant amongst the backdrop of centuries-old walls brimming with tapestries, art, antiquities and furniture created a wildly eclectic environment that would remain in her imagination and provide the endless inspiration for the unique aesthetics of Heritage53.
VISION
Our vision is simple. It is one of colour, style, joy, connection, and life’s inherent preciousness.
After the dullness and grey of global restrictions, we want to elevate your homes with colour and pure joy.
Our homes offer more than just a practical residence. They form a portal to our innermost lives and act as a grand theatre from which to express ourselves.
Heritage53 enables you to create unique dreamscapes in your homes by curating from our exclusive collection of high-end pieces. The knowledge and confidence to juxtapose objects have been cultivated by our founder, Sophie Paul, into the art of interiors from her own wildly wonderful heritage.
We thrive on creating value and endeavour to seek better conscious ways of working with you and for you.
Heritage53 is a lively mix of English and global era-defining styles blended with exquisite, handcrafted artisanal pieces.
VALUES
Based in Ibiza, we fully understand the fragile nature of resources such as water. Therefore being sustainable and choosing to be conscious of our business decisions has become how we all live. Our core values act as a lighthouse guiding us at all times, and we endeavour to work alongside brands that also share the same principles.
CREATIVITY
Based in Ibiza, we fully understand the fragile nature of resources such as water. Therefore being sustainable and choosing to be conscious of our business decisions has become how we all live. Our core values act as a lighthouse guiding us at all times, and we endeavour to work alongside brands that also share the same principles.
CONNECTION
The people we work with, designers, architects, brands, our team, you, the client are the relationships at the centre of the Heritage53 way of living. By nurturing trust, our connections become more meaningful.
RESPECT
We believe in cultivating gratitude for the Earth’s resources. That is why we seek more transparent ways within our business, including actively seeking brands and designers who work with sustainable resources and pay fair wages across the supply chain. By engaging in more conscious decisions, we can repay our gratitude towards our planet.
THE RENAGADE WAY
Our heritage has always been to pull away from the normal. Sophie’s father began his journey to the shores of Ibiza in search of a radical way of living, and this renegade spirit has continued through her. Now it can take shape and form in the same burst of riotous colours and styles contained within Heritage 53.
