Houses by our Top 100 Interior Designers & Architects
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A Georgian house on the Devon coast with elegant interiors by Daniel Slowik
Working with a client who shares his love of design history, Daniel Slowik has created a smart and comfortable holiday house refreshingly free of coastal idioms
By Virginia Clark
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An 18th-century mill in Wiltshire reimagined as a warm family house
Though originally converted in the 1990s, this former mill in a steep-sided Wiltshire valley retained a frustrating layout that made moving through the property awkward. Rising to the challenge, architects David Liddicoat and Sophie Goldhill reconfigured the floorplan and added an extension to create a more coherent space.
By Arabella Bowes
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Veere Grenney tells the story of his enchanting Tangier house
In an exclusive extract from his new book, Seeking Beauty, Veere Grenney tells the story of Gazebo, his house in Tangier
By Veere Grenney
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Veere Grenney combines classic and modern elements in a light-filled newbuild apartment
A light-filled newbuild apartment in Tel Aviv offered Veere Grenney and Natasha Greig the opportunity to demonstrate their mastery of space and their talent for blending the tailored with the relaxed and for combining modern and classic elements, in a decade-long project
By David Nicholls
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An interior designer's Hampstead Heath mansion flat, filled with a lifetime's collection of art
This north London mansion flat provided the ideal fresh start for designer Virginia White, who wanted a new home with fewer superfluous rooms but enough wall space to display her extensive art collection.
By Virginia Clark
Houses by our Top 100 Interior Designers & Architects
A small Chelsea house imbued with charm and sophistication by Paolo Moschino
Having worked with the owners on two of their previous houses, Paolo Moschino redesigned this terrace house in Chelsea to make the most of the compact space, while adding a touch of continental charm
By Christopher Stocks
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A 16th-century barn in Somerset converted into an austerely beautiful home by Jonathan Tuckey
From wool trading to music recording, this unusual stone building in Somerset has been used as a centre for craft and creativity since the 16th century. Thanks to the vision of its owners and their choice of architect, Jonathan Tuckey, it has been thoughtfully reinterpreted to create a modern home and workspace.
By Jennifer Haslam
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A Notting Hill townhouse with inventively colourful interiors by Bryan O'Sullivan
Taking on the decoration of a nine-storey townhouse for clients based in America would faze some, but Bryan O'Sullivan and his studio saw it as a place to experiment with colour and work with a host of artisan makers to create something unique and full of character
By Charlotte McCaughan-Hawes
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A handsome late-Georgian house in north London with a rich palette by Tom Morris
The work of a 20th-century Italian artist was the inspiration for the rich palette used by interior designer Tom Morris to bring warmth and character to this late-Georgian house in north London and to showcase distinctively patterned textiles
By Virginia Clark
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The utterly distinctive Maida Vale flat of interior designer and antiques dealer Adam Bray
Adam Bray's knack for mixing colour, antiques and textiles has earned him a cult following and nowhere is it more in evidence than his own London home.
By Emily Senior
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An imaginatively eclectic yet eminently practical London house by Rachel Chudley
This east London terrace is the perfect illustration of interior designer Rachel Chudley’s ability to create a narrative that carries through every room. Here, this is inspired by the owner’s rich heritage, with Austrian finds and family heirlooms setting the tone for imaginatively eclectic yet eminently practical interiors
By Elizabeth Metcalfe
Houses by our Top 100 Interior Designers & Architects
The beautiful 19th-century Chelsea apartment of interior design Hugh Leslie
Interior designer Hugh Leslie has transformed his nineteenth-century Chelsea studio into an airy, harmonious showpiece for high-quality joinery and understated taste
By Leonie Highton
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A Montecito house with unexpectedly rich interiors by VSP Interiors
A meeting of minds between client and interior designer has made this unusual Californian project one of Henriette von Stockhausen's most beloved projects
By Virginia Clark
Country
A once-ruined neo-Jacobean house in Shropshire transformed by Henri Fitzwilliam-Lay
Taking on a Victorian country house of grand proportions in Shropshire, the interior designer Henri Fitzwilliam-Lay has enhanced its original details and combined them with the mid-century aesthetic for which she is known.
By Elfreda Pownall
Georgian
A Georgian cottage in Highgate with expertly layered interiors by Ben Pentreath
Ben Pentreath has created a masterclass in mixing colour and pattern at this diminutive early Georgian cottage in Highgate
By Virginia Clark
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A grand south London house with a distinctly Italian charm
The interiors of this south London house utterly belie its recent construction, thanks to the detailed approach of both architect Craig Hamilton and interior designer Guy Goodfellow, who have made the 10-year-old newbuild feel grand and imposing - as though it has stood for centuries.
By Liz Elliot
Houses by our Top 100 Interior Designers & Architects
The magical Welsh country house of designer Penny Morrison
In an extract from her book 'Near and Far', textile designer Lisa Fine showcases her own houses and those of her friends and fellow creatives, shot by Miguel Flores-Vianna. Here, we take a look at Penny Morrison's glorious country house in Wales
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A Victorian house in south London refreshed for the third generation
When a client asked Scarlett Jones of Sims Hilditch to refresh the house in which she was born while keeping a sense of continuity, the designer turned to vivacious colour and print to get the job done
By Thomas Barrie
City
From the archive: an art-filled Kensington house with a bohemian history (2015)
Formerly owned by Howard Hodgkin, who had his studio in the attic, this Victorian house in west London has a bohemian history, which the current artist owner has carefully maintained, while introducing the comforts of a family home
By Virginia Fraser
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A handsome Grade II-listed Regency house on the Norfolk coast reimagined by Veere Grenney
Though on the Norfolk coast, this handsome Regency house wears its beach credentials lightly, thanks to designer Veere Grenney, whose masterful mix of practical and decorative elements has created an elegant, liveable interior
By David Nicholls