Serena Fokschaner

Architect and artist Simon Hurst has spent years turning his everyday terraced house into a beguiling cabinet of curiosities. Photographs James Balston

Fashions in interior design often ripple through to the world of antiques, and The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair at Battersea, is the place to spot emerging trends. Dealers and designers tell us what we’ll be coveting in the coming year…

Serena Fokschaner talks to art dealer Caroline Wiseman about original prints and how they offer an affordable way to own works by established artists

A Nottinghamshire house with an intriguing past is the setting for leading antiques dealer Val Foster’s equally beguiling collection of art and antiques. Photographs James Balston

Treating her home as a canvas, Eniko Kirkwood transformed her once-conventional 19th-century cottage using colour, pattern and interesting antiques. Photographs Ruth Maria Murphy

Design editor Emilio Pimentel-Reid has artfully combined the very best of old and new in his beautifully restored Regency apartment in Bath. Photographs James Balston

A chance encounter for curator Caroline Wiseman led not only to the creation of a beautiful, beachside home, but also an inspiring gallery and arts centre. Photographs James Balston

Drawing on her theatrical background, designer Maria Fernanda Guirao mixes colour and pattern with unusual antiques to bring a sense of surprise to her Victorian terraced house. Photographs Sebastian Boettcher

For former Vogue fashion director Lucinda Chambers, there’s nothing better than a project, and her home is forever in flux. Photographs Rachael Smith

Designers Mark Hampshire and Keith Stephenson turned a featureless, 21st-century townhouse into a home that reflects their love of all things mid-century. Photographs Rachael Smith

When Covid stymied Sarah-Jane Axelby’s plans for a new career she was forced to think again. The result was a new and flourishing artistic venture. Photographs Rachael Smith

Filled with serendipitous finds, everything has a story to tell in the Brighton home of Simon Martin, Director of the Pallant House Gallery. Photographs Rachael Smith

Antique textiles dealer Jennifer Bristow-Smith turned her robust 19th-century Scottish home into a hub of thriving enterprise. Photographs James Balston

Subjected to a brutal makeover in the 1960s, this Sussex farmhouse has been lovingly brought back to life and filled with art and antiques that its owners have chosen for the emotions they evoke. Photographs James Balston

Magnus Englund finds life in his one-bed Isokon apartment a joy, and celebrates its Grade I listing. Photographs James Balston

Serena Fokschaner talks to Magnus Englund about the evolution of Jack Pritchard’s plywood furniture

Drawing on her love of art history, Dutch designer Ottoline de Vries reinvented her once-timid rented London home with a mix of bold patterns and antique finds. Photographs James Balston

Architect Michael Squire designed his London townhouse, built on the site of a former office block, as a home where three generations of the family can meet, stay, work and play. Photographs James Balston

Maxine Hall’s dramatic wallpaper designs layer pattern on pattern, which she uses to maximum effect in her Arts & Crafts home. Photographs James Balston

An old malthouse filled with art and salvaged furniture has become a homely space that reflects a love for the work of artisan makers. Photographs James Balston