Our HG101 designers have worked on everything from sprawling townhouses to quaint cottages. Speaking of the latter, while the notion of cottage design ideas often conjures images of a cosy country bolthole with a modest footprint and wonky interiors, our archive conveys just how broad the concept can be.

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Designers Benedict Foley and Daniel Slowik decorated this colourful cottage on the border of Suffolk and Essex, combining their tastes and filling their space with deeply meaningful objects

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Several of those cottage projects were designed by our talented listées. Whether it is London-based designer Anna Haines, who having worked often on period properties, keeps decorating sympathetically central to her practice or Emma Ainscough, whose professional ethos hinges on the notion that interiors can truly impact how we feel emotionally, these designers have through their unique approaches to decoration, created dreamy cottages with layered, inviting interiors. Take a look at the gallery below for some inspiration from the best:

Cottage design ideas from our HG101 interior designers