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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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An elegant west London pied-à-terre packed with clever surprises
For this London bolthole, the client wanted something truly unique from designers Artichoke. The result was deceptively high-tech, where every detail tells a story
By Thomas Barrie
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An interior designer's effortlessly light and airy basement flat in London
In her basement flat in west London, interior designer Thea Speke has created a masterclass in lightening and brightening a potentially gloomy space
By Elizabeth Metcalfe
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An interior designer's effortlessly cosy scheme for a warehouse-style loft in Atlanta
Taking one large space and making it work as three different things is not easy, but Sally Wilkinson's effortless and airy design of her Atlanta loft might prove otherwise.
By Charlotte McCaughan-Hawes
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An interior designer's Dulwich flat transformed into a creative family home
Keeping one eye on the purse strings, interior designer Catherine Olley has transformed her Dulwich flat from an abandoned shell into a first family home
By Arabella Bowes
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A Belle Époque apartment in the elegant heart of Stockholm gets an airy, serene new look
Swedish interior designers Studio Ramson helped a family and their extensive art collection find ‘home’ after ten years travelling abroad
By Evie Delaney
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A Victorian London flat filled with jewel box colours and heirloom pieces by Laura Stephens
Using family heirlooms and collected antiques, interior designer Laura Stephens has created a beautiful home for a client facing personal loss
By Arabella BowesPhotography by Paul Massey
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A once bare London flat filled with colour and texture by Sarah Vanrenen
Mixing bold colour with collected antiques was a winning formula for Sarah Vanrenen when it came to breathing life and soul into this new build flat
By Charlotte McCaughan-Hawes
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A Notting Hill flat with a surprisingly airy interior by Natasha Quick
The interior designer known as Philamena on Instagram has created a calm, serene hideaway for her creative clients in the middle of the west London bustle
By Elizabeth Metcalfe
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A rare Manhattan apartment with the feel of Provence in the city
In search of a New York pied-à-terre, Ceara Donnelley came across an apartment in Manhattan with a courtyard garden that felt like a piece of Provence in the city. Layering textiles and antique finds to enhance its plaster walls, exposed beams and terracotta floor, the interior designer has created an inviting haven
By Anne Hardy
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A clever, 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
By Virginia Clark
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A rented flat in Chelsea filled with personality, art and antiques by Sally Wilkinson
Having moved from Atlanta to London with her husband during the pandemic, interior designer Sally Wilkinson has created a one-bed flat that is a love letter to the couple's time in Europe
By Kitty Grady
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An interior designer's refreshingly pared-back London flat
The London flat of interior designer and dealer Georgie Stogdon illustrates her pared-back aesthetic and balanced approach to budgeting, which meant she was able to splash out on a few key areas, including a spectacular new staircase
By Grace McCloud
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Artist Michael Craig-Martin's sleek flat on the 21st floor of the Barbican
On the 21st floor of a Barbican tower block, the flat of Royal Academician Michael Craig-Martin mirrors his artistic aesthetic, with clean lines, blocks of colour and careful placement of artworks and the design classics that feature in his work
By Fiona McKenzie Johnston
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The St Germain flat of the founders of Atelier Vime is a window into Parisian history
In an extract from a new book charting the world of Atelier Vime's founders, we take a tour through their idiosyncratic Paris flat in one of the city's most covetable neighbourhoods
By Marie Godfrain
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A 1930s Chelsea apartment reconfigured for modern life by Daniel Slowik
Briefed to bring colour and functionality to this compact mansion flat off the Kings Road, decorator Daniel Slowik has carried out a clever reconfiguration of the space and filled it with
By Virginia Clark
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Emma Burns brings a distinguished Wimbledon flat back to life with layers of warm colour
In a historic south-west London building Emma Burns of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler has conjured a layered, timeless flat
By Jennifer Goulding
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A London flat transformed by Schumacher's chameleon European CEO Benni Frowein
A clever layout rejig, a mixture of vintage and contemporary design and lashings of lovely fabrics have upgraded this flat within a Victorian house from dreary to dreamy
By David Nicholls
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Chester Jones' London flat is a lesson in balance and erudition
Interior designer Chester Jones’s philosophy of decoration is that a home should reflect the lives and personalities of its owners. This is demonstrated by his London flat, in which the treasures he and his wife Sandy have amassed over time are artfully arranged and regularly rearranged, to create interesting juxtapositions and tell the story of their shared history
By Liz Elliot
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A designer's flat in Battersea packed with clever small space ideas
When plans for a full renovation of his small Battersea flat were scuppered, interior designer Christian Bense instead had to work with what he had, creating a layered, full flat where every bit of space is used well
By Elizabeth Metcalfe