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Though this beautiful historic Queen Anne-style home is a stunner on the outside and whose facade was not allowed to be changed, the interior was gutted and with the help of designer Nina Farmer, was re-built using period appropriate elements to honour its heritage whilst adding in some modernity for the needs of the current homeowners. It’s elegant and sophisticated but has a real warmth and usability for family life. Photos: David Mitchell; Styling: Mieke ten Have.

Laura Stephens Interiors have sensitively reimagined a grand period home overlooking one of London’s largest commons, blending elegance with relaxed liveability. Drawing inspiration from the property’s impressive proportions and historic charm, they crafted layered, timeless interiors rich in texture, colour, and pattern. Each room was designed to feel distinct yet cohesive, with saturated tones and tactile details creating warmth within the soaring spaces. A deep respect for the home’s original character shaped every decision, resulting in a refined, welcoming environment that perfectly reflects the clients’ love of authenticity, style, and comfort.

This Grade II listed Italianate Grecian villa near Regent’s Park, built circa 1830, was Katie Harbison Design’s first heritage renovation. The project balanced preservation with modernisation, restoring original features like the staircase and replicating period mouldings and cornices. Incongruous modern elements were replaced with era-appropriate fixtures. A blend of vintage and bespoke pieces created a timeless, layered interior—honouring the home’s history while adapting it to a young family’s contemporary lifestyle.

Photography by Micheal Sinclair.

Interior design firm Haldon House is based in Philadelphia and was founded by Autumn Oser and Andre Golsorkhi. Haldon House has cultivated a distinct aesthetic that defies simple definition, yet remains instantly recognizable. Known for masterfully balancing masculine and feminine elements, we design homes that are rich, soulful, and impossible to pin to a specific era – a testament to their enduring and sophisticated design ethos. Every project is approached in a thoughtful and personalized way to create an intentional design that evokes a mood and feels iconically timeless. Haldon House’s careful curation of unexpected materials and objects with artful touches puts the work in an eclectic category all its own. We achieve a timeless sophistication that defines our aesthetic. The end result is an environment that is warm, alluring, layered, and truly iconic.
Timeless sophistication this absolutely is – and I’d throw moody and classic in there as well. It’s as if these spaces have been there for years and will be there for years to come. I am completely obsessed with that deep red scullery and the dining banquette nook that looks like a corner in the cutest British pub. Photos: Jason Varney.

We were given the opportunity to turn a beige and brown historic country house into a cheerful and welcoming forever home for one of our very favorite families. We tended to the deferred maintenance first and once all of that was sorted, we made small but significant architectural changes like removing the small wooden and shingled little porch stoop cover and replacing it with a cheerful striped awning and draperies, opening up the living room fire box to its original glorious size and dressing it in a French carved stone surround, hung crystal chandeliers, installed gas lanterns, and hung a sixteen foot tall custom made rose trellis, and window boxes every place we could fit them. When it comes to the project, we lovingly referred to as #perfectlypicardy it could be said that we have a ruthlessly edited more is more aesthetic choosing layers of chintz, plush pink mohair, tufted everything and multiple bar carts stocked to entertain all summer long…
You’d think this was a villa in the south of France, not in the heart of Missouri. Such a fabulously glam, elegant makeover by the queen of glam, Annie Brahler of EuroTrash. Photos: Shannon Duggan.