Jim Chapman
With a face that’s one of YouTube’s most influential and London Collections Men’s most documented, vlogger, model and writer Jim Chapman is famous for his impeccable sense of style.
Key architect
Residential
Location
London
However, Jim’s skills within the realms of fashion, he admits, don’t translate into the world of décor. Thankfully, his wife Tanya Burr – an equally influential vlogger, covering everything from makeup tutorials and beauty tips to décor and baking – takes the lead when it comes to their West London home’s interior design.
The brief
"My house does look lovely, but it’s nothing to do with me - my wife is completely in charge!” Jim jokes. Jim and Tanya film many of their YouTube vlogs from their London base, entertaining a combined 7.2 million subscribers.
Whilst their vlogs cover a variety of topics, both share a passion for baking. In fact, Jim dedicates a segment on his channel to #bakingwithJim, and for Tanya, it’s a passion that’s lead her to publish her very own cookbook ‘Tanya Bakes’. Many of the couple’s video diaries centre around the kitchen. Renovated in 2016, Jim and Tanya’s elegant kitchen features Shaker style cabinets painted in Farrow and Ball Railings, white quartz countertops, metro tiling and essential storage space for baking utensils. Describing their kitchen style as “homely, functional and stylish”, it’s not surprising that when Jim decided he wanted an instant boiling water tap, his first choice was the Zip HydroTap.
Both stylish and functional, the HydroTap looks at home in any design-led kitchen and dispenses filtered chilled and sparkling water, as well as boiling. Jim chose the Arc in chrome, perfectly complementing the pair’s classic kitchen aesthetic. The HydroTap has been useful for both baking and cooking: “It’s speeded up the whole process! I was melting chocolate for a video the other day and it was so handy to have instant boiling water.”
The solution
With the kitchen and adjoining dining room a very social space, Jim says the appliance is also great for hosting parties; whether that’s making sparkling cocktails or after-dinner coffees.
“We had our summer party the week after the HydroTap was installed and it went down a treat!” Great for baking, cooking and entertaining, Jim notes it’s not just him and Tanya benefitting from the kitchen’s newest addition: “Over some of the recent hot days, we’ve even treated Martha to chilled filtered water from the HydroTap – she loves it!”
"The HydroTap has made a huge difference. I use it mostly for the chilled filtered water and I reckon I've drunk more water since it was installed. I was never much of a tea drinker, but am finding myself make it much more now - it's just so easy and everything just tastes so much cleaner."
Jim Chapman - YouTube Creator
