Houses by our Top 100 Interior Designers & Architects

Interior designer Hugh Leslie has transformed his nineteenth-century Chelsea studio into an airy, harmonious showpiece for high-quality joinery and understated taste

A meeting of minds between client and interior designer has made this unusual Californian project one of Henriette von Stockhausen's most beloved projects

Taking on a Victorian country house of grand proportions in Shropshire, the interior designer Henri Fitzwilliam-Lay has enhanced its original details and combined them with the mid-century aesthetic for which she is known.

Ben Pentreath has created a masterclass in mixing colour and pattern at this diminutive early Georgian cottage in Highgate

The interiors of this south London house utterly belie its recent construction, thanks to the detailed approach of both architect Craig Hamilton and interior designer Guy Goodfellow, who have made the 10-year-old newbuild feel grand and imposing - as though it has stood for centuries.

In an extract from her book 'Near and Far', textile designer Lisa Fine showcases her own houses and those of her friends and fellow creatives, shot by Miguel Flores-Vianna. Here, we take a look at Penny Morrison's glorious country house in Wales

When a client asked Scarlett Jones of Sims Hilditch to refresh the house in which she was born while keeping a sense of continuity, the designer turned to vivacious colour and print to get the job done

With a bright new extension by David Hingamp of Archic, this classic London house was perfect for the owners' growing family, but it needed the confident hand of interior designer Kate Guinness to make the decoration sing

Formerly owned by Howard Hodgkin, who had his studio in the attic, this Victorian house in west London has a bohemian history, which the current artist owner has carefully maintained, while introducing the comforts of a family home

Though on the Norfolk coast, this handsome Regency house wears its beach credentials lightly, thanks to designer Veere Grenney, whose masterful mix of practical and decorative elements has created an elegant, liveable interior

Interior designer Rachel Chudley and writer and performance artist Rachel Snider, the owner of this London house, share more than a name. Their love of fashion, art and the avant-garde is reflected in its surrealist-inspired interiors, which nonetheless work for family life.

Interior designer Hugh Leslie gradually transformed this west London terrace house into a smart family home with light-filled interiors

Having lost out on their perfect house in Oxfordshire, designer Vanessa Macdonald and her husband James were delighted to find the owners later wanted to sell, and they could finally call the elegant Georgian property their own

Henriette von Stockhausen of VSP Interiors has taken a less-is-more approach to this country house by the sea, reflecting the owners' desire to live a simpler life

After inheriting an 18th-century-style house designed by Quinlan Terry Architects in the Seventies, the owner called in her cousin Flora Soames, who has refreshed the interiors using floral fabrics and touches of rich colour to give them a more relaxed feel

Returning to decorate a former client's guest cottage, Max Rollitt has filled this house with botanical references that draw on the house's history as a gardener's cottage

Decorative details have been cleverly combined with practical elements by interior designer Lucy Hammond Giles, of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler, to transform a classic Victorian house in west London into a pleasingly distinctive but eminently comfortable family home

Modernising without losing character is no mean feat, but Carlos Garcia has approached the decoration of this early 18th-century house and its Tudor elements with great sensitivity, marrying period details with colour, pattern and contemporary touches

The sense of peacefulness that so enticed 19th-century city dwellers is perfectly embodied at this former vicarage in Combe Down This was the feeling that Anna Haines wanted to evoke when she revitalised the Grade II-listed former rectory on the outskirts of Bath. From the predominantly pale palette of natural hues to the layering of antique textiles, her choices have brought harmonious charm to its interiors.