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This Fort Greene townhouse designed by Tamara Eaton is full of fresh and fun vibes from the bottom floor right to the top. Family friendly with some pattern and colour added throughout brings this home to life.

Jamie Ivey of Richmond, Virginia based interior designers Ivey Design Group has taken a neutral new build (albeit with huge windows taking in the expansive views of woodlands and pond) and created a colourful and welcoming contemporary home. Crisp white walls allow pops of colour to delight and draw you into rooms while layering of textures warms what could have been a cold modern house. Think sophisticated yet family friendly, unique and definitely not boring.

Photography by Ansel Olson

“This romantic San Francisco town house, bathed in pale pinks and gossamer blues, belongs to an adventurous couple who live not far outside the city. Based on conversations with them, the fanciful conceit for our design was that this is a place where the husband comes to visit his wife in her private lair. As such, the décor falls decidedly on the feminine side. Vive la difference, vive l’amour!”

Softest hues, gossamer curtains filtering the light, cosy seating. Calm, uncluttered and carefully considered. Filbert by Studio Shamshiri.

Light filled interiors layered with colour and texture are the key to this renovation. Dark and heavy rooms were transformed into a lively family home, contemporary and charming. The ultimate luxury is the wine room divided from the living space by glass and steel walls. To think it was once a children’s playroom, now an adult’s playroom perhaps. Weave House by Hugh-Jones Mackintosh.

Photography by Prue Ruscoe

“This white-clapboard 1854 Greek Revival house rests on five acres of rolling hills in upstate New York. The historical narrative we contrived involved a refined, eclectic European family who had migrated in the nineteenth century to begin life anew in the Catskills. The decor therefore represents a fusion of old-world finery and New England practicality, layered and cultivated over time. For authentic texture, we preserved the original fireplace of rough-hewn brick. In the bedroom, the decorative olio encompasses Indian block-printed fabrics, Tunisian and Turkish carpets, a Louis XVI–style chair in worn green leather, and a pair of gilded and painted Italian oak beds dressed with an African Kuba coverlet. A cosseted refuge from the city.”

A wonderful make believe story for a wonderful all too real house. For when geting away is a getaway in time and place (but with all the modern conveniences). Fall Clove by Billy Cotton.