Hatta Byng

United Kingdom

Editor at House & Garden (UK)

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Hatta Byng to leave House & Garden

1 week ago | businessofhome.com | Hatta Byng |Aidan Taylor

After nearly 19 years at House & Garden and 11 as editor, Hatta Byng has announced she’s stepping down from her position at the end of June. “It has been the privilege of my life to help shape the content of this much-loved magazine, to meet some extraordinary people along the way, and work with a super-talented and dedicated team,” Byng wrote to colleagues in an email.
A coastal house in Cornwall with pure, light-filled interiors by Maron Lichtig

2 weeks ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Hatta Byng

The house was built from locally quarried stone. Paul MasseyIn today's fast-paced world, many interior designers are taxed with punishingly short deadlines. But when the London-based Marion Lichtig was asked to design her clients’ Cornish holiday home, she was faced with the opposite scenario. “Planning permission was drawn out and, even after the first dig, the project took three years,” she says. As a result, the job evolved organically, which is just how Marion likes to work. Patience was the key.
How to use antique furniture in a contemporary scheme

Feb 26, 2025 | houseandgarden.co.uk | Hatta Byng

A classic Victorian townhouse by Lucy Hammond-Giles which mixes antique furniture in a contemporary way. The George I japanned cabinet is from Anthony Outred. Michael SinclairAlmost every interior – particularly those in the country – can benefit from some well-chosen antiques. The interior designer Nicola Harding, whose projects are anything but trad, says, ‘I cannot imagine a scenario where I wouldn’t have some antiques.
A fabulous collection of fabric and wallpapers inspired by the archive at Castle Howard

Feb 3, 2025 | houseandgarden.co.uk | Hatta Byng

Remy Renzullo in the East Wing Dining Room. holding a roll of the late-19th century Tree of Life design. This was the reference for 'The Howard Indienne', which he has used, with its coordinating border, for the bed hangings and curtains in the Admiral's Bedroom. Andrew MONTGOMERYTowards the end of the 19th century, Castle Howard, designed by Sir John Vanbrugh and begun in 1699, was decorated almost top to toe in designs by William Morris.
A house to book on the Welsh borders with just the right amount of rustic charm

Feb 3, 2025 | houseandgarden.co.uk | Hatta Byng

A weekend away with a few of my oldest girlfriends (whom I see too little) was always going to be uplifting and nourishing wherever we found ourselves. But I hadn’t quite appreciated how a very special setting, one that appealed to all four of us, would add to our weekend on the Welsh borders.
At home for Christmas with our editor Hatta Byng in her Georgian house in Yorkshire

Dec 5, 2024 | houseandgarden.co.uk | Hatta Byng

In the drawing-room, the curtains are in Claremont’s ‘Milano’ linen to match walls in a bespoke stippled glaze by Hesp Jones & Co. An early-19th-century mirror over the chimneypiece is framed by Staithes Group paintings and pale plaster lamps by Viola Lanari. Tallboy Interiors re-covered the sofas in Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler’s ‘Seaweed’ khaki linen (left) and Lee Jofa’s discontinued ‘Maisie’ (right).
Our editor's joy sparking shopping picks

Sep 11, 2024 | houseandgarden.co.uk | Hatta Byng

A couple of years on from ‘finishing’ our house (i.e. the builders leaving) I’ve still got a list of things I’d like to add, tweak or recover. Obviously some jobs are bigger than others and some more pressing than others. This is my list of the things I’m coveting right now, few a necessity but things that will spark joy or smarten us up.
Checking in: Langdale Chase is the perfect Lake District escape

Jun 4, 2024 | houseandgarden.co.uk | Hatta Byng

This grand Victorian house on the shores of Lake Windermere makes for a deeply comfortable place from which to explore the beauty of the Lake District. For me, the recently renovated hotel was a perfect lure to entice my family to dip their toes (literally) into the Lakes for the time. Why stay hereOn a warm summer’s evening having a drink or dinner on the long terrace with its grand balustrade overlooking England’s largest lake, I imagine you could fool yourself you were actually on Lake Como.
Checking in: Warren Street Hotel is one of New York's best new addresses

May 26, 2024 | houseandgarden.co.uk | Hatta Byng

This glamorous, art and colour-filled hotel is one of New York's newest addresses from the unstoppable Kit Kemp and her daughters Minnie and Willow – the visionaries behind the Firmdale brand of hotels. Situated in the vibrant Tribeca neighbourhood, you feel firmly in New York, helped by the fact that locals are making it their own too. Design notesThe interiors exude all the colour, pattern and sense of fun we have come to expect from Kit Kemp.
Inside Radbourne Hall, the last remaining John Fowler interior

Apr 4, 2024 | houseandgarden.co.uk | Hatta Byng

Although Annie admits she found her mother’s fastidiousness very boring to live with as a child, she is now the grateful beneficiary of an extraordinary legacy. When she and her husband, Sir James Chichester, took over the house in 2014, the ceiling of the central hall was sagging alarmingly and the roof required attention, as did the plumbing and wiring. The house also needed to be updated in order to work better for 21st-century living with the addition of a family kitchen and more bathrooms.