I challenge anyone to step out onto the terrace and look up without having a sudden, small intake of breath.

With their children grown up and no fixed timetable to follow, the couple split their time between here and their house in Notting Hill. They were following in the footsteps of the design giant William Morris whose manor house in Kelmscott remains a place of pilgrimage for Arts and Crafts aficionados to this day. Penelope’s expert eye for colour can be seen in the paint colours throughout the house, many of which she mixed herself, and she also painted all the rooms herself during the Covid lockdowns. Our experience and expertise spans the globe, with over 700 offices across the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East.Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Each house, and the interior design of its rooms, reflects the charm and character of its owners-and comes with its own unique and intriguing story. This doesn’t mean that everything needs to be period, but you should never fight the architecture of the house’.

He travels worldwide on commissions and his work is featured in an international roster of luxury publications. A period spent in Turkey learning how to make kilim designs for her bags yielded some beautiful finds, such as the suzani-style embroidery bought in Istanbul that now covers a side table.Retail repurposing – transforming redundant retail space to accommodate alternative uses – is slowly taking hold across Europe, but only at scale in markets where there’s an excess supply or multiple retail failure. The light fixture is a vintage metal chandelier, the oak chest of doors is French and from the 19 th century.