The country house reimagined and built from the earth on which it stands
‘We bought it for the views,’ says the wife. With no heritage listing restrictions to navigate, they were…
A coolly elegant west London house by interior designer Jessica Summer
Thanks to her skill you would never know, but the house is full of these practical considerations. Huge…
A Victorian house in east London with remarkably tactile, warm interiors
The practice of interior design is something of a problem-solving job – taking a jumbled up floor plan,…
An elegant Cotswolds cottage designed to make the most of every inch
The charming cottage at the edge of Laura Berkeley-Hawkes’ Cotswolds barn began life as a utilitarian 1990s outbuilding…
A trend forecaster’s elegant cottage by the sea with soft, pared-back interiors
Readers who use Instagram for interior inspiration may already be familiar with The Flint House, which commands more…
A ramshackle house in east London transformed into an elegant family home
The house’s decoration, Sophie explains, was an exercise in problem solving: ‘Most of the budget went on restructuring…
A classic London townhouse with an understatedly sophisticated palette
Laura Parkinson, founder of the east London-based interior design studio Palmer & Stone, had only a handful of…
An 1800s cottage in Derbyshire that helped a designer rediscover his identity
In many ways this cottage in Darley Abbey, a charming 19th century former mill village on the outskirts…
A handsome Victorian house in London softly harmonised by Thea Speake
The designer describes the house as the product of a ‘constant stream of ideas’, but the finished result…
A Regency flat in Bath with a quietly poetic interior
These are not the only pieces sourced locally. ‘We wanted to keep everything as close to home as…
An 18th-century Swiss mountain farmhouse with calm yet characterful interiors
A predominantly decorative approach was unfamiliar territory for Deniz. ‘I don’t usually like working with ornamentation so it…
An elegant Georgian-style house infused with the soul of an historic lakeside town in Ontario
For the wife, in particular, being able to entertain well was vital and Travis and Rhiannon worked to…