![Robert-Kime-p173-pic-(c)-Tessa-Traeger](https://s30965.pcdn.co/blogs/the-study/wp-content/uploads/Robert-Kime-p173-pic-c-Tessa-Traeger-e1456937140127.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Photo by Tessa Traeger.
![Rose Uniacke](https://s30965.pcdn.co/blogs/the-study/wp-content/uploads/London_SW1_d-e1456868417674.jpg.optimal.jpg)
The living and dining room of designer Rose Uniacke’s own London home.
Photo courtesy of Rose Uniacke.
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In a London drawing room, designer Steven Volpe placed a Picasso painting above a bepsoke tufted sofa; the vintage pendent is Stilnovo.
Photo by Simon Upton/The Interior Archive.
For a Berkeley Square office, designer Christopher Hodsoll used silk Fortuny curtains and a 16th-century Flemish tapestry to create a sophisticated workplace.
Photo by Peter Hodsoll.
![Harriet_Anstruther-10_By-James-Merrell](https://s30965.pcdn.co/blogs/the-study/wp-content/uploads/Harriet_Anstruther-10_By-James-Merrell-e1456873026621.jpg.optimal.jpg)
In her 1840s London town house, designer Harriet Anstruther used striped upholstery to add graphic appeal to the neutral-toned palette.
Photo by James Merrell.
![ElleDecor_PennyMorrison_Sittingroom_1_079_hero_Ph-Miguel-Flores-Vianna](https://s30965.pcdn.co/blogs/the-study/wp-content/uploads/ElleDecor_PennyMorrison_Sittingroom_1_079_hero_Ph-Miguel-Flores-Vianna-e1456873112302.jpg.optimal.jpg)
For her 18th-century country house in Wales, designer Penny Morrison created a playful, personal melange of patterns — including quintessentially British chintz-covered sofas.
Photo by Miguel Flores-Vianna.
![Capture_110-(1)_Peter-Mikic-Pembridge-Gardens-Ph-by-Kate-Martin](https://s30965.pcdn.co/blogs/the-study/wp-content/uploads/Capture_110-1_Peter-Mikic-Pembridge-Gardens-Ph-by-Kate-Martin-e1456873229413.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Designer Peter Mikic’s London home includes a David Hockney print, custom mirror-work and a midcentury French cocktail table.
Photo by Kate Martin.
![Churchill](https://s30965.pcdn.co/blogs/the-study/wp-content/uploads/Churchill.jpg.optimal.jpg)
Light pouring into the back hall of a 17th-century house in Northamptonshire illuminates newly installed antiqued panelling, selected by Henrietta Spencer Churchill.
Photo by Christopher Drake.
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At Buscot Park, an 18th-century neoclassical-style estate in Oxforshire, England, designer Alidad added chartreuse-green silk damask to set off the salon’s famed “Briar Rose” paintings by Edward Burne-Jones.
Photo by James McDonald, courtesy of Rizzoli.
![Rota-Konig](https://s30965.pcdn.co/blogs/the-study/wp-content/uploads/Rota-Konig-e1456933269943.jpg.optimal.jpg)
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The living room of this countryside home in Devon, England, hums with bright color. It’s owner, a chef, “knows how to marry unconventional ingredients to create something original and fabulous,” writes interior designer Kathryn Ireland.
Photo by Gibbs Smith.
![Liaigre_p38-39](https://s30965.pcdn.co/blogs/the-study/wp-content/uploads/Liaigre_p38-39-e1456937429711.jpg.optimal.jpg)
For a London townhouse, Christian Liaigre was asked to design a 19th-century townhouse around the owner’s collection of Renaissance paintings. He responded with furnishings strong enough to hold their own, including a red lacquer dining table and chairs.
Photo by Mark Seelen.
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Designer Nina Campbell employed a mostly white palette for the dining room of this London apartment, but added Diego Giacometti bronze wall lights and an almost-black table give the room dimension.
Photo courtesy of Nina Campbell Interiors/Cico.
![Carlos Mota](https://s30965.pcdn.co/blogs/the-study/wp-content/uploads/3-%C2%A9-Douglas-Friedman-3-e1456948032967.jpg.optimal.jpg)
An eclectic London living room styled by Architectural Digest and Elle Decor contributor Carlos Mota.
Photo by Douglas Friedman.
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1stdibs dealer Jamb, Ltd. is currently selling Chesham, above, an early George III–style mantel carved from Bath stone.
Photo courtesy of Jamb, Ltd.
![Nicola Fontanella](https://s30965.pcdn.co/blogs/the-study/wp-content/uploads/Mayfair-Townhouse-e1456950956266.jpg.optimal.jpg)