A letter from home
The aesthetic of English period townhouses is one that’s captured our hearts this month, particularly those of the Georgian and Regency eras. It’s hard not to be bowled over by their considered proportions and balanced classical symmetry. Whilst they have ‘great bones’ such as large sash windows, high-ceilinged rooms and original floorboards, their interiors, of course, need decorating sympathetically and with flair to transform them into ‘homes’. Not least today, when the original layouts often need to be adapted to suit our current ways of living (and working) at home. With this in mind, we have consulted leading interior designers to discover their insights and advice for decorating townhouses practically and beautifully (p76). Within these pages you will also find tempting, indulgent new buys to update both town and country interiors…