25 Beautiful Homes June 2016

1 TASK FORCE Erik table lamp in orange, £35, John Lewis 2 GOING FOR GOLD Buttoned velvet Chesterfield-style Dimple footstool in Thatch house fabric, £445, Loaf 3 TALKING SCENTS Orla Kiely Sicilian Lemon diffuser, £32, House of Fraser 4 PICTURE THIS Gingko hand-pulled screen print in yellow moss, £45 unframed, Bold & Noble 5 PILE ON THE STYLE Wool-rich geometric appliqué cushion, £18, Next 6 CUP CLASSIC Jansen + Co loop espresso cup and saucer, £17.50 each, Houseology 7 SAY IT LOUD Hive 2 Speaker, £60, KitSound 8 TABLE TALK Onda small jug with yellow rim, £12, Habitat 9 TANGERINE DREAM Rattan orange armchair by Ian Snow, £171, Wayfair…

1 INDIAN INSPIRATION Gymkhana solid beech armchair in herringbone, from £699, Iqrup + Ritz 2 NATURAL LIGHT Alesia table lamp, £645, Osprey London 3 PLAN AN ADVENTURE Nautilus globe with antique brass armillary rings, £162, Artisanti 4 HOT POT Rosie mustard polka dot bud vase, £15, Dickins & Jones collection at House of Fraser 5 OUT OF AFRICA Elephant plate, £4.99, H& 6 COLLECTOR’S PIECE Horn sculpture, medium, £120, Jonathan Adler 7 TRIBAL VIBE Silver metal embossed pitcher, H22cm, £45, Plumo 8 PALATIAL PEW Aimee upholstered bench, £995, India Jane 9 SUMMER LIGHTS Jaipur candle lantern in brass, from £45, Amara…

ENCAUSTIC TILES I have fallen in love with the beautiful floor tiles pictured in Elaine and Malcolm Wilde’s kitchen (p90, March 2016) and wondered if you might know where they are from.FI PALMER, BY EMAIL These striking tiles help to define the cooking area within the Wildes’ kitchen-diner. They are traditional cement tiles and the design is called Diamond in the Rough (shown right) by Popham Design (pophamdesign.com), which is available to buy in the UK at Ann Sacks (020 3055 0802, annsacks.com). The tile measures 20cm and comes in 100 colours. Expect to pay from £150sq m, plus freight costs from Morocco. You might also like the Vigo design in Navy, £204sq m, from Bert & May (020 3744 0776, bertandmay.com) or the Grau tile from Fired Earth (0845 366 0400,…

Once we have made all our decorating decisions, from the colour of paint to the ideal flooring, choosing furniture is the next big priority. Obviously, we don’t change our furniture every time we decorate, but we do buy quite a lot of pieces over a lifetime, which has become a lot easier to do due to the internet. No longer do we have to spend precious time searching for the shop with the perfect set of shelves. But the downside of buying online is that the choice can be overwhelming, so I often return to the same websites in the same way I would shops because I trust their choice. It has also reduced the amount of impulse purchases I make. Much of my furniture was acquired when we bought…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Edwardian semi-detached LOCATION Southwest London ROOMS Hall, drawing room, kitchen-diner/sitting room, utility room, boot room, cloakroom, six bedrooms (two en suite), two bathrooms, garden office PURCHASED 2011 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘Before moving here, we lived in a small terraced house in Battersea, with no garden, ’ says Polly. It took some time for Polly and Christian Troughton to find a family home that met their brief. ‘Our list of requirements was very specific,’ says Polly. ‘We were looking for a sizeable London house in need of renovation, with original architectural details, a garden, off-street parking potential and within walking distance of a leafy common or park.’ The couple had been living in a terraced house in nearby Battersea, but after the birth of their third child they had outgrown it and needed somewhere more…

1 TASK FORCE Erik table lamp in orange, £35, John Lewis 2 GOING FOR GOLD Buttoned velvet Chesterfield-style Dimple footstool in Thatch house fabric, £445, Loaf 3 TALKING SCENTS Orla Kiely Sicilian Lemon diffuser, £32, House of Fraser 4 PICTURE THIS Gingko hand-pulled screen print in yellow moss, £45 unframed, Bold & Noble 5 PILE ON THE STYLE Wool-rich geometric appliqué cushion, £18, Next 6 CUP CLASSIC Jansen + Co loop espresso cup and saucer, £17.50 each, Houseology 7 SAY IT LOUD Hive 2 Speaker, £60, KitSound 8 TABLE TALK Onda small jug with yellow rim, £12, Habitat 9 TANGERINE DREAM Rattan orange armchair by Ian Snow, £171, Wayfair…