Garden Designer Marcus Barnett's small Urban Family Garden
Andrew MontgomeryMarcus Barnett has spent the past decade doing what he loves most: creating gardens.Their terrace house has a typical London garden, roughly 5 x 12 metres in size, though Marcus has elevated it above the norm.
The debut carpet llection of designer Sussy Cazalet
A month spent in Japan exploring stone gardens and the designs of Isamu Noguchi and George Nakashima was the inspiration for the first collection by London-based designer Sussy Cazalet – the five-piece ‘Kyoto’ range of rugs, which launched at Decorex last year.She set up her own studio in 2012, although interior design is taking a back seat for the moment while Sussy focuses on homeware.
Self-Portrait designer Han Chong’s London home
Long before Marie Kondo encouraged us all to cleanse our homes of things that weren’t sparking joy, fashion designer Han Chong was already living a pared-down, just-the-basics lifestyle in his 5.5-floor London home.
Interior designer Rita Konig on putting the finishing touches on a house.
When I arrived (on this already very delayed date), the house was a muddy mess with buckets of cement, tools, workbenches and men everywhere.We had just four days to go from DIY SOS to a House & Garden finish.
Architect and designer Julia von Werz on the design of her London home
Born in Munich but based in London, Julia von Werz is a bright, enthusiastic and considered architect with a great feel for material and colour.com PROJECTJulia lives in a four-storey terrace house in west London with her husband and two young children.
Interior designer Douglas Mackie | Derating Advice & Tips
Rugs in a contemporary setting should be seen and not heard - art should be on the walls, not the floor.The French company La Manufacture Cogolin makes wonderful wool carpets and Christopher Farr has subtle wool weaves.
Designer Pearl Lowe's Somerset house
When Pearl Lowe talks about finding her current home, an 11-bedroom Georgian pile in Frome, Somerset, she sounds like someone telling a love story.They were hardly settled though, and had spent decades moving from home to home.
How to mmission an interior designer
Paul MasseyDecide how much help you need
Many projects for which an interior designer is commissioned are full-house renovations, and many studios, especially the larger ones, tend to focus exclusively on this type of work.Simon Brown
Know what to expect
An interior designer can take an awful lot off your hands.
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.
Now including a three-year-old son, the family lives in Wimbledon in a flat at the top of an Arts and Crafts house, which had been divided into four apartments 25 years ago.‘It was a perfectly fine two-bedroom flat,’ Irene says.
The London flat of Interior Designer Rita Konig
Paul MasseyRita Konig is not a woman who is afraid to speak her mind.A perfectly natural departure for this mine of maxims, the workshops use her garden flat as an example of how to get it right.
Interior designer Harriet Anstruther ttage
Stripped back, cleaned and lime-washed throughout, the interior has become a sorting house for Harriet's large collection of inherited furniture and flea-market finds.Animal pelts, as likely to have been picked up on the way back from the beach in the South of France as on the Portobello Road, add warmth to the ground floor living areas, including the kitchen, dining room and more formal sitting room.
Landscape designer Alasdair Cameron's garden in Devon
‘When I put the border back together, I made new paths,’ he explains.‘I have to look the other way,’ says Alasdair.
Meet furniture designer Anna Karlin
In a week when the city is thronging with designers all vying for attention, this is one of the most prized showcases in town.Two years later, she decided to branch into furniture: ‘I wanted to start making permanent pieces,’ she explains.
Furniture designer Jeremy Pitts hand made treehouse
Paul MasseyImade the floor from a 300-year-old oak tree that I found lying in a field near here,’ says designer and furniture maker Jeremy Pitts.He is talking about his latest project – a one-room wooden cabin on stilts, which stands on the fringes of the ancient woodland that surrounds his house in Sussex.
Things to do in Rome - local and designer Marie-Louise Sciò's guide
Marie-Louise at her house in RomeDean Hearne
Franco Russo is one of the most exceptional artisans in Rome, whose marble skills I have used at both my hotels, Il Pellicano and La Posta Vecchia.A short walk away on Via dei Condotti is Eleuteri (eleuteri.
Eighteenth century house in Bath by Jonathan Rhind & designer Nila Harding
She used Farrow & Ball’s ‘Setting Plaster’ on the walls, ‘Hague Blue’ on the woodwork and ‘Smoked Trout’ on the stand for the vintage sink.’ The shade used here is Farrow & Ball’s ‘Slipper Satin’, £66 for 2.
Interior designer Beata Heuman London flat
It is rare to step into a first-time buyer's flat and immediately spot a cohesive decorative thread, executed with a strong sense of style.Yet interior designer Beata Heuman has done exactly that in her Earls Court flat, bought three years ago and completed in a few swift months.
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At home in Wales with Sarah Price, the garden designer who was the talk of Chelsea
With so many nostalgic memories of the garden from her childhood, she has found it difficult to make her own changes.During this formative time, Sarah developed a lasting affinity with nature, discovering that she had an almost photographic memory for the plants, colours and forms of the natural landscape.
Things to do in Somerset - craftsman and designer Bill Amberg's guide
Bill in his studioDean Hearne
My house and studio are on the edge of Bruton, most famous these days for the Hauser & Wirth Somerset (hauserwirth.Hayley Noad, the owner of Lark Vintage in Frome
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