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How to recreate the look of this thoughtfully reconfigured Victorian townhouse
This house in west London has been thoughtfully reconfigured by Todhunter Earle Interiors to accommodate a family with young children, as well as their growing collection of antique ceramics and artworks
By Christabel Chubb
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Joanna Plant’s west London house has been moulded by two decades of family life
When Joanna Plant and her husband Nick upsized into a semi-detached 1920s house in Acton Town, they were embarking on a decades-long journey to shape and adapt their comfortable family home
By Thomas Barrie
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Interior designer, ceramicist and artist Gavin Houghton's creative life in Tangier and London
Gavin Houghton’s latest creative endeavour – organising sketching holidays in Morocco – allows the multi-talented interior designer to introduce others to the bohemian pleasures of the city that he fell in love with over 20 years ago
By Elizabeth Metcalfe
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Regency elegance with a touch of camp in a London pied-à-terre designed by Veere Grenney
It's rigorously-designed, beautifully-layered and completely comfortable: Veere Grenney shows why he's one of the greats
By David Nicholls
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A RIBA-award-winning Georgian farmhouse beautifully restored for modern life
Keen to take a creative approach to the renovation of their Gloucestershire farmhouse, its owners commissioned award-winning architect Alison Brooks to radically reimagine the internal space of the late-Georgian main house and an unappealing extension
By David Nicholls
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Traditional architecture meets modern design in a Chelsea townhouse by Studio Peake
Looking to transform this Chelsea townhouse, the owners gave interior designer Sarah Peake carte blanche to introduce colour and pattern that would help bring the period details to life
By Ticky Hedley-Dent
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John McCall creates a dramatic, bold house from a former civic building in London
When West End producer Eilene Davidson cast a Victorian civic building in London as her family home, she called in her longtime collaborator, interior designer John McCall, to set the scene for a beautifully bold transformation
By Elfreda Pownall
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Design legend Nina Campbell's Chelsea home is a showcase for her very British brand of comfortable luxury
In her Chelsea home the designer Nina Campbell - winner of the House & Garden Lifetime Achievement Award 2023 - has unleashed her full arsenal of decorative trickery to make every corner of the house sing
By Emily Senior
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A modern country house on the edge of the meadows and woods of the Chilterns
When an idyllic Buckinghamshire site with extensive views of the Chilterns became available, architectural practice McLean Quinlan rose to the challenge of creating the modern country house of their clients’ dreams
By Dominic Bradbury
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Salvesen Graham combine comfort and elegance in a Mayfair apartment
This top floor apartment exudes comfortable luxury whilst being a masterclass in elegant, skilful layering
By Ticky Hedley-Dent
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Inside an elegant Maine house by our Lifetime Achievement award winner Nina Campbell
In an extract from Rizzoli's new book A House in Maine, by Nina Campbell and Giles Kime, we take a look at the interiors of this glorious retreat on the New England coast, with interiors masterminded by architects Ferguson & Shamamian and decoration by Nina
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Nicola Harding brings the vital spark back to a 17th-century country house
This Jacobean beauty seemed to have it all, but its new owners felt like it was lacking its vital spark. Brought in to restore a sense of character, Nicola Harding embarked on a whirlwind revamp, transforming rooms with an artful palette and creating beguiling contrasts of dark and light
By Elfreda Pownall
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A glorious country house in the South of France by our new Interior Designer of the Year, Lucy Hammond Giles
A gradual yet holistic transformation of the interior of this large, handsome property in the South of France at the hands of designer Lucy Hammond Giles proved so appealing that it evolved from being a holiday house into a much loved home, when its London-based owner decided to spend a year here with her family
By Elfreda Pownall
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Two interior designers on their beautifully calm and pared-back Wiltshire farmhouse
Involving an ambitious restoration project and a reconfiguring of the layout, James Thurstan Waterworth and Scarlett Supple’s transformation of a Wiltshire farmhouse has resulted in a calm, pared-back interior defined by James’s eclectic antique finds
By Elizabeth Metcalfe
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A country house overlooking the South Downs with sophisticated interiors by Henri Fitzwilliam-Lay
The owners of this Thirties Georgian-style house were keen to give it an established look while avoiding any stuffiness. So they asked designer Henri Fitzwilliam-Lay to conjure distinctive interiors full of idiosyncratic details
By Liz Elliot
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An irresistible Georgian house in a flower-filled valley
Hidden in a Somerset valley, this centuries old house was an irresistible challenge for its owners, who put together a team including architect Ptolemy Dean for the painstaking restoration, which won a Georgian Group award in 2015
By Celina Fox
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A Victorian house in London with artfully layered interiors by Salvesen Graham
In an extract from her new book London Interiors, Emma J Page explores how Nicole Salvesen and Mary Graham have combined a sense of heritage with an easy elegance perfectly suited to family life
By Emma J Page
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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
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Beata Heuman brings her signature cocktail of ideas to an expansive London apartment
By cleverly reconfiguring the space and adding in a harmonious blend of new and vintage furniture, Beata Heuman and her team offer a masterclass in enlivening a blank canvas
By Charlotte McCaughan-Hawes
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An Arts & Crafts house brought back to life by Brandon Schubert
Giving up a career as a lawyer for interior design was an instinctive choice for Brandon Schubert, whose sense of conviction is evident in all he does – as seen in his assured use of colour and craftsmanship in this London terrace.
By Elfreda Pownall