THE BEST IN INTER NATIONA L DESIGN A N D DECOR ATION
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NATURAL BEAUTY Planting a prairie meadow
PLUS Beautiful bathtubs Bold fabrics New paint colours
INSIDE STORIES From creative decorating in a tiny flat to upsizing in the Cotswolds
A HOUSE FOR ALL SEASONS
Needing a bigger home to accommodate her grown-up family, Jacquie Rufus-Isaacs found an eighteenth-century farmhouse in the Cotswolds with versatile living space to provide a comfortable weekend retreat
OPPOSITE The new wing at the back of the original farmhouse was built on the footprint of old farm buildings about 20 years ago and opens on to a south-facing terrace; Georgia Langton redesigned the garden. THIS PAGE When the new wing was built, the front door was repositioned on its north side; Blanche is one of Jacquie’s two Westies
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SPLIT AFFINITY Inspired by the Belgian landscape, architect Bernard De Clerck has remodelled a nineteenth-century farmhouse and barn into an elegant home that works in harmony with its surroundings, TEXT PAMELA READHEAD | PHOTOGRAPHS JEAN-FRANCOIS JAUSSAUD
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Using your marbles
Gabby Deeming creates modern schemes using marbled motifs and a cool colour palette PHOTOGRAPHS ALICIA TAYLOR
WALLS ‘Stiffkey Blue’, £39.50 for 2.5 litres of matt emulsion, at Farrow & Ball. FLOOR Oak flooring, ‘Old Grey’, £97.20 a square metre, at Indigenous. FURNITURE Volcanic limestone bath, ‘Toulouse’, 72 x 180 x 80cm, £3,250, at Victoria + Albert. Bath mixer tap and shower, ‘Bistrot’ (polished brass), £2,034, at The Water Monopoly. Screen wallpapered in ‘Mongiardino’ (carrara), by Martyn Lawrence Bullard for Schumacher, 68cm wide, £204.48 a metre, at Turnell & Gigon. Oak and Montclair marble console table, ‘Brogue’, by Bethan Gray, 80 x 149 x 46.5cm, £3,900, at Lapicida. Powdercoated steel and marble side table, ‘Enoki’, by E15, 40 x 40cm diameter, £740, at Viaduct. ACCESSORIES Imitation rock soaps, £16.50 each, at John Bell & Croyden. Washed-linen hand towel, ‘Waffle’, £19, from The Linen Works. Porcelain jug, ‘Crockery’, by Max Lamb, £75, from
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WALLS ‘Stiffkey Blue’, £39.50 for 2.5 litres matt emulsion, at Farrow & Ball. FURNITURE Oak and Montclair marble console table, ‘Brogue’, by Bethan Gray, 80 x 149 x 46.5cm, £3,900, at Lapicida. Reclaimed copper-light window panel, 43 x 36cm, £54, at Retrouvius. ACCESSORIES Plaster sculpture, ‘Maquette No.10’, by F L Kenett, £1,800, at Willer. Glass jewellery box, ‘Agate’, £59, at West Elm. Melamine plate, ‘Luso’, by Ibride, £129 for a 10-piece set, from Nest. Brass lamp, ‘Bestlite BL2’, 50 x 16cm base diameter, £465.83, at Viaduct. For suppliers’ details, see Stockists page H O U S E A N D G A R D E N . C O . U K S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 4 000
PRAIRIE GODFATHER At his home in Hertfordshire, garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith has created a beautiful prairie-style meadow, growing a diverse range of plants from scratch TEXT CLARE FOSTER | PHOTOGRAPHS ANDREA JONES
The prairie meadow at Tom Stuart-Smith’s home at Serge Hill in Hertfordshire was planted in 2011 with a mix of plants tailored to the site. Here, the purple spires of Liatris pycnostachya contrast with the spherical white flowers of Eryngium yuccifolium, known in the US as rattlesnake master 000 H O U S E A N D G A R D E N . C O . U K S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 4
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OPPOSITE CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT The front garden. A Louise Bradley mirror hangs in the hall. In the drawing room are an inherited Chinese cabinet, with tribal artefacts from Peter Adler at Pebble on top, and a William Yeoward table (bottom left). THIS PAGE The drawing room
Male order
The owner of this 1850s villa in London has given his home a fresh, smart look and filled it with a collection of fascinating objects TEXT FIONA MACLEOD | PHOTOGRAPHS ALEXANDER JAMES | LOCATIONS EDITOR LAVINIA BOLTON H O U S E A N D G A R D E N . C O . U K S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 4 000
All white now In this cleverly designed newbuild, hidden behind a gate in west London, white walls and oak floors provide an elegantly simple setting for an unusual mix of mid-century furniture and a Victorian art collection TEXT MARCUS FIELD | PHOTOGRAPHS ALICIA TAYLOR | LOCATIONS EDITOR LIZ ELLIOT 000 H O U S E A N D G A R D E N . C O . U K S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 4
A Victorian portrait of the owner’s greatgrandmother, by her great-grandfather, Théodore Roussel, creates a focal point in the modern, minimally furnished sitting room H O U S E A N D G A R D E N . C O . U K S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 4 000