
Notting Hill: An artists Studio
Lovely 3.8 ceiling heights and large original artist studio windows gave us great scope when we devised and started with a blank shell canvas. We installed a five minutes old , looking three hundred years old, Parquet de Versailles oak wood floor. The walls are French upholstered with extra double width taffeta. Very heavy iron antique ( what I think are architectural ) rain hoppers mount on custom foundered brackets add a different tone for decoration and juxtapose well with

A London Townhouse
For this young professional couple we were given carte blanche to some degree which was nice. On a very limited budget we had fun with finishes and colour ( we don’t do beige anyway) and have since been commissioned for similar funky, colourful and contemporary schemes for other young families. A bedroom featuring two different troupe l’ceil wall finishes. A cream grid throughout with an overscale foliage wall panel in grey with tonal faux leather headboard. A Chanel throw ac

A House in Eastern Europe
The conversion was from a large old building in to two identical three story houses . The clients were two brothers and we did one of the houses. We commissioned a huge glamorous chandelier to view through three floors. We used plain toughened glass for the stair balustrade finished with a leather rapped handrail. The bedroom floor hallway featured a contemporary mosaic wall that we also commissioned from London. The project was a razed site with new build and foundations on

2018 Interior Design Trends
It is seemingly time for the ‘Trend Forecast’ stuff again. So these are just a few things that have been ‘occurring’ in my own zeitgeist ……… Firstly, millennial pink ( ? ) as others have called it, that I love and predicted at least six years ago ( again) is still in. I only refer to baby through to peony , not that insipid beige cami knicker pink that people play safe with. On from the right pink, we can lead to pastels , all colours but with the same subtle tonality that yo

Christmas Interior Design Tips with Stephen Ryan
It's that time of the year again... Everyone is out buying presents for friends and family as well as pre-ordering the food ready for Christmas Week… I made a chestnut soup the other evening but someone (you might know) , ate it all before I got a chance. In the curiosity of Christmas world foods to try to prepare I came across the following ; pumpkin and walnut pie from Albania, roast goat from Portugal ( which I’ve had in the hills there ), oyster stew from USA, German roa

Am I the only one loving using mirror architecturally?
I’ve often thought I should have shares in Pilkingtons !
I trust that you'll agree, that used architecturally mirror will enhance space

A Conversation With Stephen Ryan
Here I am in conversation with Jacqueline Duncan from the Inchbald School of Interior Design talking all things interiors; from schooling and inspiration to past experience with David Hicks. Over the years I have worked on many various projects from Oman and Moscow to Stately Homes in the Home Counties. As an interior design consultancy offering residential, corporate, hotel and restaurant interior design we strive to merge the past with the present to create a dramatic contr