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This is the Paris apartment of Clement Daventure and Clemence Orsini of design firm Orsini Daventure. Another exemplary example of the creativity and attention to detail of Paris designers, always unmatched and so unique you will never again spot anything like it. The space had never been touched since it’s creation in the 1970s so these designers created magic from scratch. Green fabric wrapped walls, travertine used as wainscotting, a rug-inlaid floor, patterned floor tile, flexible marble powder sheets to make a curved alcove in the bathroom, plaster & acrylic & ink wall frescos…. Spectacular! Photos: Amaury Laparra.

Aside from this being a lesson on how to decorate with lots of colours and patterns by the queen of vintage layered fabulousness, Heidi Caillier, it also a lesson in how to make a home look centuries old when it isn’t. Rough-hewn reclaimed wood beams, varying door heights, mismatched vintage hardware, Delft tile, a hidden passage from the sitting room to the dining room, reclaimed limestone floors and so much more give it sooooo much character. I’m taking notes! Photos: Haris Kenjar. Styling: Mieke ten Have.

I love a peek into a designer’s home; it gives such an insight into their design DNA. This late 18th-century coastal Connecticut house with the apt name of “Blue Doors” is home to architect Nate McBride of McBride Architects and his interior designer wife, Kari McCabe. Think simple lines, historic materials, white walls and a celebration of colour and pattern from fabrics and wallpaper. A perfect example of paring back and letting go.

Photography by Read McKendree.

Give me all the old-world, centuries-old, weathered interiors. Sandstone and limewashed walls, fireplaces with wood-fired stoves, reclaimed wood, antique furniture…all in pretty earthy neutral shades of calm. I could not love these spaces more, designed by Notting Hill based studio Aldridge & Supple. Photos: Martin Morrell.

The renovation and extension of this decades-old ski chalet required full interior architectural design and detailing, space planning, and interior decoration. The needs of a young family and their guests, combined with the functionality essential to a ski chalet, underpin the design concept – celebrating nature through the choice of materials and honouring culture through bespoke craftsmanship.
This chalet is so very Swiss Alps but with some unique touches by the defying-all-trends designer Hubert Zandberg. I love that every one of his projects is so full of pattern and texture and is as inviting as can be. And not a single trend to be found! Photos: Giulio Ghirardi.