City Houses

An interior designer can let loose in their own home, in a way they can't necessarily for a client. The house in Utah that Meta Coleman shares with her artist husband and two children is a perfect example, with interiors that have evolved over 20 years into a unique expression of their love of art and travel, and her American-German upbringing

A change in owners midway through a full-scale renovation gave Lucia Caballero of Studio Caballero a dramatic opportunity to re-orient a bright mews house in South Kensington

In her basement flat in west London, interior designer Thea Speke has created a masterclass in lightening and brightening a potentially gloomy space

When a client asked Scarlett Jones of Sims Hilditch to refresh the house in which she was born while keeping a sense of continuity, the designer turned to vivacious colour and print to get the job done

Using a colour palette influenced by her childhood in Hong Kong, interior designer Stella Weatherall has created a comfortable London house

A trend forecaster's flint-fronted cottage where she has installed quiet, contemporary interiors informed by her time designing accessories for Ralph Lauren

With a bright new extension by David Hingamp of Archic, this classic London house was perfect for the owners' growing family, but it needed the confident hand of interior designer Kate Guinness to make the decoration sing

Keeping one eye on the purse strings, interior designer Catherine Olley has transformed her Dulwich flat from an abandoned shell into a first family home

Interior designer Rachel Chudley and writer and performance artist Rachel Snider, the owner of this London house, share more than a name. Their love of fashion, art and the avant-garde is reflected in its surrealist-inspired interiors, which nonetheless work for family life.

The publisher and collector Melissa Ulfane's extraordinary collection of Old Master paintings, antique furniture and contemporary art is about to come up for sale at Dreweatts on March 4. We revisit our 2012 feature on the hotel particulier in one of Paris' grandest squares, decorated with the assistance of Hugh Henry, where much of the collection was housed

The owners of this London house were happy to let designer Stephan Eicker be bold with his schemes for its rooms, which set off their collection of modern art

Interior designer Angelica Squire's Victorian terraced house in London is a youthful, exuberant space that combines smart artworks and fabrics with clever vintage finds and joyful colours

Swedish interior designers Studio Ramson helped a family and their extensive art collection find ‘home’ after ten years travelling abroad

Using family heirlooms and collected antiques, interior designer Laura Stephens has created a beautiful home for a client facing personal loss

A vibrant abstract art collection was the jumping off point for this appealing family house

Mixing bold colour with collected antiques was a winning formula for Sarah Vanrenen when it came to breathing life and soul into this new build flat

Interior designer Laura Logan has carved a calm family home out of a jumbled Victorian terrace in Leytonstone, working with EJ Studio to create spaces filled with light

In search of a New York pied-à-terre, Ceara Donnelley came across an apartment in Manhattan with a courtyard garden that felt like a piece of Provence in the city. Layering textiles and antique finds to enhance its plaster walls, exposed beams and terracotta floor, the interior designer has created an inviting haven

Wonderfully elegant but well used after more than 30 years as a family home, this Victorian house in Chelsea was given a fresh start for its new owners by design duo d’Erlanger and Sloan, with a reconfiguration that has introduced character, warmth and a sense of playfulness

For an American couple's townhouse in Notting Hill design studio Barlow & Barlow have created a comfortable, playful interior.