Serena Fokschaner

1 week ago | ft.com | Serena Fokschaner

As the clay-plaster walls of architect Josh Piddock’s north London apartment were drying, he decided to inspect the finish.

2 weeks ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Serena Fokschaner

Providing an ideal spot to take in the views, ‘Togo’ sofas in ‘Alcantara’ in curry from Ligne Roset are arranged on a Scandinavian rya rug from Alberto Levi Gallery with a 1960s travertine and glass coffee table from Fiona McDonaldChristopher HorwoodWhen it comes to our homes, we British have always been somewhat wary of modernism. Bricks and mortar – not glass and concrete – suit our more traditional tendencies. Tara Nash’s grandparents were different.

3 weeks ago | observer.co.uk | Serena Fokschaner

The founders of a wallpaper design firm have married tradition and innovation at their stone house in Wirksworth A sign inside the Derbyshire home of Maxine Hall and Paula Moss, co-founders of Blackpop wallpaper designs, is evidence of the building’s intriguing past. The words “Outdoors Dept” etched into a glass door recall the years when the building, on a prominent corner site in Wirksworth, was owned by a firm of tailors. The robust stone property, set in a parade of shops, was built in 1899.

4 weeks ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Serena Fokschaner

An 18th-century French limestone water trough, York Stone flags and Palissade garden furniture by HAY make the terrace an inviting spot. Hydrangea, roses and wisteria frame the listed exterior, which features precast Victorian tiles by William H. Lascelles (1832–85). Dean HearneThe publisher Rebeka Russell has always been intrigued by the way houses and locations can ‘seep’ into a writer’s imagination.

1 month ago | ft.com | Serena Fokschaner

In 1884, Oscar and Constance Wilde commissioned the fashionable architect EW Godwin to transform their Chelsea home from a conventional...