Houses packed with colour
Houses
Nicola Harding's sleek and colourful design for a glorious riverside house
Set on the banks of the Thames, this 18th-century house has always been blessed with a glorious outlook. But, after an artful redesign by Nicola Harding, its interior now has a sense of flow and an easy elegance perfectly suited to a weekend family home
By Elfreda Pownall
Houses
The perfect Georgian country house of Robert Montgomery and Greta Bellamacina
The Kent home of artist Robert Montgomery and poet and actress Greta Bellamacina is a jewel box of candy colours, distinctive antiques and original artworks. The effect is irreverent and original, and provides the perfect setting for their family life and work
By Emily Senior
Houses
A Georgian house in Islington full of clever colour combinations
Aiming for something ‘romantic and camp, without going too Liberace’ the artist Christabel MacGreevy has conjoured up an old fashioned English scheme with contemporary bite for her friend the photographer Harry Carr
By Emma Becque
Houses
A handsome Georgian rectory in Hampshire with contemporary country interiors by Tamsyn Mason
Tasked with bringing a modern take on the English country look to this Georgian rectory, Tamsyn Mason set about adding colour, pattern and a wonderful array of furniture from varying eras
By Charlotte McCaughan-Hawes
Houses
A designer and illustrator's quaint 19th-century cottage in the Normandy countryside
Marin Montagut has something of a cult following for his signature designs, and the Normandy house where he creates them all is testament to his aesthetic
By Elizabeth Metcalfe
Houses
Ben Pentreath's scheme for fashion designer Charlotte Dellal's home in the English countryside
In an extract from his new book ‘An English Vision: Traditional Architecture and Decoration for Today’ House & Garden Top 100 interior designer Ben Pentreath talks about his design philosophy and his scheme for the fashion designer Charlotte Dellal's home in the English countryside
By Ben Pentreath
Houses
Inside Rita Konig's smart London house, created by combining two flats into one
Eager to have more room for herself and her daughter, Rita Kong bought the flat above her London home and combined them to create one cohesive space that has all the trademarks of her design, including inventive details, bold use of pattern and a blending of the beautiful and the practical
By Elizabeth Metcalfe
Houses
Three 17th-century Cotswold cottages become a cohesive, colourful house
Some eye-catching interior design alchemy by Nadine Finnegan has transformed a charming old Oxfordshire property into a colourful and characterful family home
By Ticky Hedley-Dent
Houses
Lonika Chande brings cheerful colour and much-needed practicality to a family house in Stoke Newington
A growing family called in the interior designer to rejig the layout and aesthetic of their early Victorian house, and the result is packed with charm
By Charlotte McCaughan-Hawes
Houses
Brandon Schubert tells the story of a 16th-century cottage in one of Wiltshire's loveliest villages
When Brandon's clients called him in to work on their country cottage, it was a different type of project for the interior designer, who embarked on a pure redecoration without touching any of the architecture, electrics or plumbing of the house. He details the project in his own words.
By Brandon Schubert
Houses
The artist Natasha Mann has used her Edwardian home as a canvas for her hand-painted designs
Behind the door of an unassuming Edwardian house in London, the artist Natasha Mann has created a richly patterned world of her own design
By Emily Senior
Houses
A colourful Notting Hill house, creatively filled with vintage and antique finds
When fashion buyer Sasha Sarokin embarked on the decoration of her new house with the help of her friend Lucy Mayers, she leant into a passion for vintage and antique pieces that perfectly dovetailed with her new sustainable fashion business
By Virginia Clark
Houses
Olympia and Ariadne Irving bring colour and creative exuberance to a London rental
In their London rental house sisters Olympia and Ariadne Irving have used exuberant colour, high street finds and a mish mash of antiques passed down from family, to create witty and deeply personal home.
By Emily Senior
Houses
A colour specialist's clever transformation of the house he grew up in
Moving from an Irish castle to an ordinary 1930s house in a Worcestershire village posed some challenges for Farrow & Ball Brand Ambassador Patrick O'Donnell, but a judicious use of colour and a considered arrangement of art and furniture has produced an immensely appealing interior
By Virginia Clark
Houses
A charming 17th-century farmhouse in the rolling hills of the South Downs
When Lucy Cunningham was called in to make sense of the higgledy-piggledy nature of this centuries-old Sussex farmhouse, she discovered a house full of charm that needed some clever tweaks to create a harmonious whole
By Elizabeth Metcalfe
Houses
Carlos Garcia brings colour and pattern to an Arts & Crafts flat in London
Despite its compact space, this south London flat on a pioneering 19th-century estate is both pretty and practical thanks to the imaginative decoration of Carlos Garcia
By Liz Elliot
Houses
Studio Vero transform a Notting Hill townhouse with vibrant colour
When the owners bought this Victorian house in Notting Hill, it was in good condition but with very bland interiors. They called in Studio Vero who added an array of colour and glamour to breathe new life into it.
By Elfreda Pownall
Houses
A higgledy-piggledy house in Henley-on-Thames brought back to life with a playful mixture of colour and shapes by Joanne Burgess
When Joanne Burgess, of The Curious House, bought this house in Henley-upon-Thames, she inherited a senseless layout and a surplus of bedrooms, doors and windows. With ingenuity and imagination, she has transformed it into a bright, characterful home.
By Christabel Chubb
Houses
Lonika Chande brings her hallmark flair for colour and pattern to a 19th-century Chelsea house
Interior designer Lonika Chande has created a charming pied-à-terre full of bold textiles and colours for a returning client
By Arabella Bowes
Houses
Philip Hooper's Georgian house in Somerset, filled with his experiments in colour and pattern
For interior designer Philip Hooper, joint managing director of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler, his own house in Somerset offered a rare opportunity for experimentation. Combining bold colour with personal treasures, he has created distinctively different but inviting interiors
By Virginia Clark