Specialists in Period design and heritage buildings
Get to know us
I came to houses the long way round — first through writing about them, then through restoring my own, a draughty Georgian house that needed lots of love.
In the process, I fell for the way old buildings hold a story, and for wrangling through the riddle of making them work for the way we live now.
I design period homes for the people lucky enough to live in them.
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My non-negotiables?
I won't ever strip the soul out of a period home to chase a trend. And I won't take on a project I don't believe we can do beautifully, the truest compliment I can pay your home.
I believe a room should work well for you before we think about how it impresses, and that the difference between a house that photographs well and a home you never want to leave is always found in the small details.
My job isn't to impose a look
Projects completed across London
Projects taken on overseas (and counting)
Properties featured in magazine coverage
Counties we've worked in across the country
Years designing residential properties
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Favourite things
These are a few of our
Bramble, Lucy's caramel whippet, who keeps us on our toes.
Books stacked horizontally, (and almost never colour-coded)
Reeded glass, aged brass, and a bergère chair with good posture
A morning at Sir John Soane's Museum
Chintz, unironically, and always!
Keeps procurement, trades and timelines moving and on time.
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James Elliot,
Project manager
Develops schemes from concept to specification, and thrives on detail.
Sonali Theo,
senior designer
Leads every project's design direction and is your point of contact.
Lucy Marchmont,
Founder
Vogue Living
Home Beautiful
Architectural Digest
101 Homes & Gardens
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