Emily Senior

2 weeks ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Emily Senior

The sitting area features bespoke sofas in a Colefax and Fowler linen, brightened by a mix of suzani cushions from Nushka. Mark RoperThere is a strain of country house decorating that owes a debt to grand, early-20th-century designers like Elsie de Wolfe, combining the historical with the anarchic. It is a style of decorating that eschews stuffiness and insists on comfort. Whimsy is encouraged but must be counterweighted by objects of provenance.

3 weeks ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Emily Senior

In the flat's large central sitting room a chimneypiece in Brescia Violette marble is flanked by 1960s studio speakers. On the mantlepiece is an antique Suzani and wooden Indian puppets. To the left an antique Howard sofa is upholstered in Fortuny silk damask with cushions made from antique Indian textiles. To the right is an armchair in a fabric designed by Adam. Mark Anthony FoxThe antiques dealer and interior designer Adam Bray describes himself as ‘very much a creature of central London’.

1 month ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Emily Senior

The book is published as the company celebrates its 10th anniversary, a decade that has seen Studio Ashby cement its place as one of the UK’s most exciting interior design studios. Aside from interiors projects – which are impressive in their variety and scope – Sophie has launched the shoppable Sister by Studio Ashby website, offering fabrics, furniture, art and accessories.

1 month ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Emily Senior

Woodwork in a custom blue sets off a sofa in Cathy Nordström's ‘Marianne’. An antique table is partnered by a stool made to Meta's design. Its seat, in maize, 'Pondicherry' from Howe at 36 Bourne Street and Josef Frank's 'Notturno', lifts up to provide storage. Dean HearneTaste, as tribal and self-conscious as it can be, is in its purest form a palimpsest of memories. Impressions gathered over the course of a lifetime, re-trodden and adapted, but still bearing an imprint of their original form.

1 month ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Emily Senior

Do consider colour carefullyPeople often ask me for dos and don’ts when it comes to choosing colour. Our process involves researching the location and getting to know the vision of the client. We use mood boards and physical samples in the relevant rooms. We play around with colour, and the different way light reflects off it. Our vision is to use colour to enhance the lives of people at home, affecting the way you feel in a room and producing luminous interior atmospheres.