London Houses

Interior designer Rachel Allen has put her stamp on one of Spitalfields' coveted Huguenot houses, lightening up dark spaces and adding soft colour through paint and textiles

Behind the door of an unassuming Edwardian house in London, the artist Natasha Mann has created a richly patterned world of her own design

When fashion buyer Sasha Sarokin embarked on the decoration of her new house with the help of her friend Lucy Mayers, she leant into a passion for vintage and antique pieces that perfectly dovetailed with her new sustainable fashion business

Textile artist Pauline Caulfield's home and studio, decorated in the 1980s with her former husband – artist and printmaker Patrick Caulfield – is a layered, timeless interior that bears testament to a creative life well lived.

When Joanna Plant and her husband Nick upsized into a semi-detached 1920s house in Acton Town, they were embarking on a decades-long journey to shape and adapt their comfortable family home

Tasked with bringing colour and harmony to the ‘greige’ interiors of this Victorian house, interior designer Tamsin Saunders has created spaces to inspire the artist who lives there

From reinstating period features to selecting art at the Summer Exhibition, this house underwent a major makeover by joyful mother-daughter collaborators

In their London rental house sisters Olympia and Ariadne Irving have used exuberant colour, high street finds and a mish mash of antiques passed down from family, to create witty and deeply personal home.

Looking to transform this Chelsea townhouse, the owners gave interior designer Sarah Peake carte blanche to introduce colour and pattern that would help bring the period details to life

When furniture designer James Shaw bought an empty plot in a covetable east London, it required an unusual amount of ingenuity to turn it into a home

It's rigorously designed, beautifully layered and completely comfortable: Veere Grenney shows why he's one of the greats

In a former schoolhouse transformed into artist's lofts decades ago, Cassandra Ellis, founder of natural paint company Atelier Ellis, revitalised the space for family life, all whilst maintaining its original spirit of learning and sharing

When the owners bought this Victorian house in Notting Hill, it was in good condition but with very bland interiors. They called in Studio Vero who added an array of colour and glamour to breathe new life into it.

Designer Rachael Gowdridge discusses her holistic approach to design, and taking a house from introverted to extroverted with the help of artisan makers

Interior designer Evelina Mamedovaite brought a sense of calm and escape to this formerly disjointed coach house in Hackney

Having bought the house next door to her west London townhouse, the owner called in interior designer Kate Guinness to gently layer styles and eras, filling the space with colour and pattern

Interior designer Lonika Chande has created a charming pied-à-terre full of bold textiles and colours for a returning client