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FROM THE EDITOR
DECORATE Notebook • RUTH SLEIGHTHOLME shows us what has caught her eye this month
STEP ON IT • RÉMY MISHON’s floor stories feature a vibrant selection of rugs, runners and dhurries
PRESSED FLOWERS • BRADLEY PALMER offers his pick of charming framed floral arrangements for £100 or under For suppliers’ details, see Stockists page
Future past • Inspired by historic fabrics and wallpapers in the English Heritage archives at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire, Designers Guild has created a collection fit for 21st-century decorating. Here, RUTH SLEIGHTHOLME puts together colour schemes featuring some of the charming designs from this new ‘Heritage’ collection
Industrial evolution • RUTH SLEIGHTHOLME presents a series of elegantly modernist schemes inspired by the juxtaposition of the steel frame erected to protect Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s The Hill House in Helensburgh, near Glasgow, during its conservation and the Scottish designer and artist’s innovative architecture
DESIGN IDEAS for SWIMMING POOLS • Whether in a country garden or a sleek spa, the best pools blend seamlessly with their surroundings. CHRISTABEL CHUBB dives in and discovers some refreshingly sympathetic schemes
PHILIP HOOPER on LAMPSHADES
INSIDER
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Out & about
Sourcebook BEDROOMS • From customisable headboards to vegan mattresses, NONI WARE highlights stylish elements for a good night’s sleep
The anatomy of a room by LUCY CUNNINGHAM • The List By House & Garden is our indispensable guide to design professionals. Take inspiration from this interiors scheme and products from some of its members, selected by Olivia Capaldi. Visit The List today to find a design professional, or if you are a design professional and wish to join The List, call 020 7152 3639 or email olivia.capaldi@condenast.co.uk
Outside interests
Words and pictures • FAYE TOOGOOD: Drawing, Material, Sculpture, Landscape Edited by Alistair O’Neill (Phaidon, £69.95)
Art scene
PEOPLE • THIS MONTH: An art aficionado fostering community ties; a potter whose wheel of fortune has turned in his favour; the sculptor behind an electrifying procession in Tate Britain; and a conservationist running (re)wild in Sussex
POWER HOUSE • From running an art consultancy to turning her Hampshire farmhouse into an exhibition space, KATE ANNISS is always on the move – and now the gallery owner is directing her energies to creative workshops and charitable collaborations
MATT PASMORE • ELIZABETH METCALFE visits a West Country potter whose pots find favour with gardeners and designers alike
HEW LOCKE • FIONA McKENZIE JOHNSTON and photographer JOSHUA MONAGHAN visit the sculptor and visual artist, who was responsible for this year’s Tate Britain Commission installation, in south London
WILD AT HEART • Continuing her series in which she meets people passionate about saving the planet, CLARE FOSTER talks to Isabella Tree about her rewilding project in Sussex
THE GREAT BIG DESIGN AND DECORATION ISSUE
Stories
CHARM SCHOOL • With its stone mullioned windows and roof peaked with gables, there is something of the fantastical about this...