London
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London’s Royal Automobile Club hired interior designer Robert Carter, of Felbrigg Design Company, to renovate its Great Gallery restaurant and its terrace spaces. The 1911 Neoclassical building faces Pall Mall. ( July 2007 )
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“I upholstered the walls in bright floral fabric to add color and dramatic liveliness to the dining room; it sets up the overall palette and contrasts with the sculptural ebonized-wood furniture,” says architect Annabelle Selldorf. ( April 2005 )
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“Once cleared of debris, the rooms were larger than I’d hoped,” says designer Tiggy Butler of her London house. She salvaged every scrap of extant plasterwork, and in consultation with experts at the Soane Museum, she had moldings and wall panels reproduced in the living room, as throughout. ( September 2005 )
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Francesca Galloway’s gallery-like space on Jermyn Street specializes in Indian and Asian textiles. ( November 2004 )
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“It has a tailored feel,” Matthew White says of the bedroom in the modern London flat he designed for his partner, Thomas Schumacher. The headboard and mirrored screen are by White ( September 2005 )
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The Waterloo gallery of Apsley House, the mansion of the first Duke of Wellington, known as “Number 1, London” for its commanding position at Hyde Park Corner. The seventh duke gave the house and most of its contents to the nation in 1947, but the family still lives in the private apartments. ( January 2003 )
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“Thurlow and Robertson’s 17th- and 18th-century European furniture is unusual and mostly in original condition,” notes Annabelle Selldorf of Kate Thurlow and David Alexander Antiques on North End Road. ( October 2000 )
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Carleton Varney, who considers fresh flowers an essential whenever he is in London—“I’m never without them in my flat,” he remarks—selects some delphiniums at a local stand in Mayfair. ( September 2005 )
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“It’s a mistake for every room to shout. You need gentleness as well,” Robert Kime says of the master bedroom in a Chelsea home he designed. The 18th-century four-poster bed, purchased from John Stefanidis, is draped with a floral fabric. ( January 2003 )
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Designer Joanne de Guardiola navigates the renowned Olympia Antiques Fair, held this past June 8-17. The 2008 summer fair will be held June 5-15. ( December 2006 )
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Colored marble, a painted ceiling and rich fabrics define the restaurant at The Ritz in London. An eye-catching circle of bronze garlands connects the chandeliers and helps to center the irregularly shaped room. Philippe Belloir designed new draperies, which frame the floor-to-ceiling windows. ( May 2002 )
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London’s Pimlico Road is one of designer Nina Campbell’s favorite places to shop for furniture and decorative arts. ( February 2000 )