First homes
Houses
A gloriously colourful Highbury abode decorated on a budget
As the former Design Director at de Gournay, creativity is something India Holmes has in spades and the transformation of her London house proves it better than anything
Houses
A colourful Notting Hill apartment belonging to artist Daisy Sims-Hilditch
Clever design and an excellent eye for colour have made Daisy Sims-Hilditch's apartment a stylish place to find calm amidst the bustle of west London
Houses
A once dingy maisonette brought to life with a fearless approach to colour and creativity
Combining their talents, garden designer Atticus Branch and fashion photographer Ahmed Hassan have transformed their shared flat
Houses
A costume designer gives his childhood flat a warm contemporary makeover
For costume designer Cobbie Yates and his partner Joseph Hyland, the chance to move back to Cobbie's childhood flat in south-east London was the ideal way to buy a first home, and together they have transformed it into a perfectly modern home, suffused with warmth and character
London Houses
Take a video tour of Zoë Zimmer's stylish, cleverly arranged Notting Hill flat
It took just three months for photographer and artist Zoë Zimmer to make her mark on this London flat, guided by her love of classic 20th-century design and atmospheric lighting
Houses
Fabrizio Casiraghi's Parisian apartment is the epitome of the balanced interior
When it came to restoring and decorating his tiny Parisian apartment, designer Fabrizio Casiraghi called on his three favourite elements and balanced them perfectly
Flats
A young designer's fresh, playful scheme for her first home
Grounded in a respect for tradition and love of old buildings, Emma Ainscough has brought a refined playful spirit to her London flat, using her favourite colours and patterns throughout
Traditional City
Violet Dent's cheerful London flat is a masterclass in displaying collections
Violet Dent's London flat is an riot of colour and pattern, but her skill at arranging and displaying her extensive collections of prints, ceramics and baskets has nevertheless imposed order and harmony on the interiors
Lifestyle
An interior designer and a fashion designer's life around Portobello Road
Just as Henry Hales uses surplus fabric in his menswear business, he and his interior-designer wife Tamara Lancaster have made the most of every inch of their London flat to create an elegant, well-planned home
Design Ideas
How Gabby Deeming brought identity and permanence to her rental flat
With one eye firmly on the purse strings, House & Garden's Gabby Deeming explains how she brought style to her rented flat in Bloomsbury
London Houses
Designer Irene Gunter on how to design a small flat
Interior designer Irene Gunter’s own flat, in an Arts and Crafts house in south London, is an example of how clever design can make the most of an awkward space
Modern Houses
A young designer's artful renovation of the ground floor flat of a Victorian terrace
Sarah Peake bought her west London flat three years ago, embarking on a full renovation of the space and decorating it in her signature modern, confident style.
Before & After
Revisiting our before and after of interior designer Beata Heuman's first flat
At the start of her career House & Garden published the west-London apartment of interior designer Beata Heuman, a home she had transformed in a style she jokingly refers to as 'urban safari chic', making imaginative use of both the compact space and her limited funds. Six years on and the scheme feels as fresh and creative as ever.
Flats
The home of the founders of Notting Hill restaurant Farm Girl
The couple have filled the space with affordable design ideas, from a fireplace made from reclaimed limestone slabs to a gallery wall flowing up a two-storey staircase
Affordable decorating
A talented stylist has turned her artistic hand to every inch of her Victorian townhouse
The owner of this traditional Victorian house in Stockwell has turned her artistic hand to every inch of it, from the hand-painted bathroom tiles to the once-ugly kitchen cupboards disguised with pretty broken crockery
Houses belonging to interesting people
Artist Fee Greening's transformation of an old shop in to a home
A former restaurant and property management office becomes a light-filled, well-ordered two-bedroom apartment in the hands of Fee Greening and her music producer boyfriend
Fashion People's Houses
Journalist Pandora Sykes' London home
Pandora Sykes' house in London was decorated on a tight schedule before the birth of her daughter. But her optimism, bold vision and love of a vintage bargain helped her achieve the distinctive look she wanted in record time.
First homes
Laura Jackson talks to Pandora Sykes about decorating a first home
If you've been following the on-going renovation of the TV presenter and designer Laura Jackson's home on Instagram, you're not alone. Here's why you should be interested.
City Houses
A west London house filled with affordable design ideas
Interior design studio Barlow & Barlow have transformed this former pub and gallery in West London into a colourful, bang-on-trend home for a well-known food writer and entrepreneur