Step inside Louise Bourgeois' home - in pictures

The sitting room where Bourgeois worked in her later years. Her assistant said: 'once she got rid of the dining room table ... that was really the end of domesticity' Photograph: Tim Knox for the Guardian

Her kitchen, where she used to host her famous Sunday salons Photograph: Tim Knox for the Guardian

Detail of Bourgeois' kitchen wall, complete with photographs of her with Damien Hirst and Bono Photograph: /Tim Knox for the Guardian

When her eyesight deteriorated, Bourgeois gave up her address book in favour of the sitting room wall Photograph: Tim Knox for the Guardian

Her art materials, just as she left them Photograph: /Tim Knox for the Guardian

When her husband died in 1973, Bourgeois stopped using an oven. Instead, she relied on a two-ring hob Photograph: /Tim Knox for the Guardian

A tower of presents – topped by Harrod's biscuits and Glenmorangie scotch Photograph: Tim Knox for the Guardian

Detail of her mantelpiece. Note the spider Photograph: Tim Knox for the Guardian

Bourgeois' basement
Photograph: Tim Knox for the Guardian

Red fabric sculptures still hanging in the basement Photograph: Tim Knox for the Guardian