Best art, design and antiques in London: Brentford artist Kristjana S Williams reveals her favourite shops, markets and museums

Artist Kristjana S Williams creates prints, dioramas and 3D artwork, combining images from antique books, maps and archives with the latest printing technology.

Her clients range from the V&A to Coldplay — she designed the artwork for the band’s latest album A Head Full of Dreams: Live in Buenos Aires and Live in São Paulo.

We have a five-storey townhouse in Brentford, just by the Grand Union Canal, which we bought, quite blindly, off-plan.

It’s a new development of apartments and houses designed by White Ink Architects, which won a RIBA London Award and two Sunday Times British Homes Awards last year.

Everyone moved in at the same time, so we have really good friends.

We’re so happy here and by lovely Syon Park gardens, as nature is always the greatest inspiration in my work.

London Museum of Water & Steam at Kew Bridge is fantastic for our two kids and the V&A is 20 minutes away.

I’m from Iceland which only has 340,000 people, it’s like a little fishing village, so I feel awe in places like the V&A.

We love Johnsons Island, full of artists’ huts and studios on the banks of the canal.

The interior was a series of white rooms when we moved in, so I worked with the interior designer Doris Lee, who also did our office space, to incorporate some of my framed artworks and my wallpaper and fabric collections.

We created more ground-floor light by adding internal windows and took down some of the false ceilings to expose the concrete.

An extra-large shelving unit, where the shelves are backed with sandblasted mirrors, displays curios.

The walls are a deep, dark blue to help the art stand out. A dresser was repainted in forest green to offset the blue walls.

A vintage Dragon Light reflects our Viking heritage and the piano was found at the local charity store.

Modern touches include Tom Dixon Plane Triangle lights and we installed a marbled cork wall to display the kids’ art.

I love Sunbury Antiques Market at Kempton Park Racecourse. It’s where all the other market stallholders go. It’s huge and amazing.

I buy mirrors and frames for my murals. And every year I take part in the Classic Car Boot Sale in Granary Square. It’s so invigorating.

Liberty and Burlington Arcade are fabulously grand places to shop, steeped in history, they inspire me so much.

I spend hours in The Map House in Knightsbridge. They have the most incredible collection of maps, many are works of art.

Kew Gardens. I love the giant cacti and I go to their Orchids Festival every February.

For 2019 they’re celebrating Colombia’s biodiversity and culture.

I visit the Marianne North Gallery at Kew. She was this incredible Victorian explorer who did beautiful botanical drawings.

I’ve made several artworks for Paul Smith, inspired by her work.

King’s Cross. I’m fascinated by Coal Drops Yard and the way it marries the old and the new.

The architect Thomas Heatherwick designed the shopping arcade. It’s unbelievable.

They’re only inviting retailers who give something to the community or create an experience.