THE PROPERTY A Grade II-listed Georgian property, believed to have originally been built for a naval officer ROOMS Sitting room, dining room, kitchen, two bedrooms, bathroom LOCATION Southeast London Would you buy a house without viewing it? For many

THE PROPERTY Scandinavian-inspired detached new build ROOMS Sitting room/dining area/kitchen, upstairs living area, utility room, office, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, dressing room LOCATION Shropshire WHAT DID YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS HOUSE? W

THE PROPERTY Mews house ROOMS Sitting room, kitchen-diner, utility room, three bedrooms, three bathrooms, indoor terrace LOCATION West London HOW DID YOU COME TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT? We’re an interior design firm based in London and the Cotsw

THE PROPERTY 17th-century country house ROOMS Kitchen-diner/ living area, family room, dining room, cloakroom, office, four bedrooms, three bathrooms LOCATION Gloucestershire HOW DID YOU COME TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT? The clients are personal f

DESIGNER Mary Jo Fiorella of Fiorella Design (fiorelladesign.com; @fiorelladesign) PROPERTY Transitional-style modern farmhouse WORK Sitting room design LOCATION California Mary Jo Fiorella of Fiorella Design was invited to help create a modern famil

DESIGNER Donna Collins at Dot Projects (dot-projects.co.uk) PROPERTY Victorian townhouse WORK Complete renovation, reconfiguration and redecoration LOCATION Belfast As part of a whole-house project, architect and designer Donna Collins at Dot Project

OWNER Rachel Grimmer PROPERTY Grade II-listed farmhouse, parts of which were built in the 16th century PROJECT Creating a new kitchen in an adjoining outbuilding LOCATION Suffolk Rachel Grimmer’s family likes to socialise together and it was with thi

THE PROPERTY Four-storey Victorian townhouse ROOMS Lower-ground-floor kitchen/dining area/living area, upper-floor sitting room, cloakroom, four bedrooms, three bathrooms LOCATION East London Natasha and Dan Barry were losing hope of finding a family

THE PROPERTY Detached house built in the early 1900s ROOMS Sitting room, kitchen-diner, study, playroom, gaming room, utility room, cloakroom, gym, five bedrooms, four bathrooms, dressing room LOCATION North London When Juliet Goldridge first saw the

THE PROPERTY 1920s terrace ROOMS Sitting room, snug, kitchen-diner, utility room, cloakroom, four bedrooms, three bathrooms LOCATION North London Melissa Murray-Serter put mood at the heart of the interiors in her house renovation, driven by the char

THE PROPERTY Detached house, built in 1986 ROOMS Sitting room, family room, dining room, kitchen, breakfast room, study, bar, scullery, utility room, games room, gym, four bedrooms, four bathrooms LOCATION Texas, USA HOW DID YOU COME TO BE INVOLVED I

THE PROPERTY Late-Victorian house ROOMS Sitting room, dining room, two studies, kitchen, utility room, cloakroom, four bedrooms, two bathrooms LOCATION Southwest London not many people seek out their interior designer before they’ve even bought a hou

THE PROPERTY Cottage built in 1881 ROOMS Sitting room, den, dining area, kitchen, three bedrooms, bathroom LOCATION Rhode Island, USA I have always been obsessed with the quirky Queen Anne style of architecture,’ says art curator and designer Marie S

THE PROPERTY Grade II-listed rectory dating from 1750 with later additions in 1850 ROOMS Sitting room, dining room, conservatory, kitchen, pantry, games room, utility room, cloakroom, seven bedrooms, three bathrooms LOCATION Lincolnshire Despite livi

THE PROPERTY Detached one-storey house, built in 1958 and set in half an acre ROOMS Sitting room, kitchen-diner/living area, family room/study, office, laundry room, cloakroom, boot room, five bedrooms, three bathrooms LOCATION California HOW DID YOU

after living and travelling abroad for five years, Russell Jarvis was keen to return home to settle. ‘I was moving most of the time, living out of a bag, exploring, sailing, riding motorbikes, etc,’ he says. ‘Although this lifestyle is fantastic, it’

DESIGNER Alex Young (alexandrayoungdesign.co.uk) PROPERTY Victorian family home WORK Teenage bedroom renovation LOCATION Kent ‘My clients invited me to renovate several rooms in their family home, including their youngest daughter’s bedroom,’ says de

THE PROPERTY A detached Victorian house ROOMS Sitting room, dining room, kitchen, breakfast room, orangery, cinema room, playroom, utility room, boot room, study, five bedrooms, four bathrooms, dressing room LOCATION Berkshire HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVE

THE PROPERTY Detached cottage built in the 1920s and extended some time around the 1980s ROOMS Sitting room, snug, kitchen-diner, utility/boot room, five bedrooms, three bathrooms LOCATION Buckinghamshire the last thing Emma and James Shaw expected t

THE PROPERTY Semi-detached Victorian villa ROOMS Sitting room, drawing room, playroom, kitchen/dining area, two cloakrooms, utility room, gym, five bedrooms, four bathrooms, studio office LOCATION West Yorkshire Ann Marie Cousins had always had a pas

THE PROPERTY Edwardian semi ROOMS Sitting room, den, kitchen-diner, study, cloakroom, four bedrooms, three bathrooms LOCATION North London Sometimes, it takes a fresh pair of eyes to see new opportunities when it comes to updating a much-cherished fa

THE PROPERTY Townhouse built between 1930 and 1950 ROOMS Kitchen-diner/living area, utility room, playroom, cloakroom, five bedrooms, three bathrooms LOCATION West London WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO THIS PROJECT? Having been recommended to the clients by a

THE PROPERTY Victorian townhouse ROOMS Sitting room, kitchen-diner, study, utility room, cinema room/bar, gym, five bedrooms, two bathrooms LOCATION County Durham Needing a garage for their camper van was the catalyst for Amy Cope and her then husban

THE PROPERTY Victorian terrace ROOMS Kitchen-diner, sitting room, utility room, pantry, cloakroom, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, dressing room LOCATION Hertfordshire A work relocation to Ireland meant that Andrew Smith had to leave his Victorian terra

OWNERS Nigel and Julia Fox PROPERTY Barn conversion WORK A kitchen/snug/dining room renovation LOCATION Wiltshire After buying a stone barn, dating back to the mid-1700s, retired couple Nigel and Julia Fox set about a programme of refurbishment. ‘The

OWNER Anna Hart PROPERTY A detached six bedroom house built in 1899-1904 WORK Transforming a large, poorly laid out bathroom LOCATION Hertfordshire Located above a double garage, Anna Hart’s en suite was a shoddy 1970s addition to a period house that

DESIGNER Tony Lister, Simon Taylor Furniture (simon-taylor.co.uk) PROPERTY Victorian cottage WORK A new kitchen LOCATION Buckinghamshire The owners of this Victorian country cottage asked Simon Taylor Furniture to replace the dated, tired kitchen wit

THE PROPERTY A terraced Victorian townhouse ROOMS Sitting room, study area, kitchen, four bedrooms, two bathrooms LOCATION Cambridge I wanted the house to feel incredibly calm, but for there to be the occasional, subtle nod to the unexpected,’ says A