HOW TO MAKE IT WORK
• Elegantly dressed windows, with blinds and beautifully draped curtains, lend a sense of occasion
• Arranging a sofa opposite two armchairs creates a good environment for conversation
• Include a variety of side tables near seating for convenience, adding lamps for soft pools of light
• A display cabinet provides a focal point, balancing the fireplace opposite

FURNITURE Lodsworth three-seater sofa in Wicklow Chalk, linen, H82.5xW175x D108cm, Sofa Workshop. Provencale bookcase, H218xW182 xD41cm, Laura Ashley. Standard stool POO1MTM, H38xW60x D120cm, George Smith. Hemingway club chairs, H82xW58 xD67cm, Jim Thompson at Fox Linton. Monroe table, H75xDiam60cm, JVB Furniture. Mirror Etagère table, H58cm, Vaughan.

FABRICS Armchairs in New Khmer, silk, 137cm wide, Jim Thompson at Fox Linton. Stool in Le Chic in White Donkey, silk, 140cm wide; blinds in Le Chic in Nutria/Taupe/Ivory/White, silk, 140cm wide; all The Silk Gallery. Blinds trimmed in Orimono 09, viscose/cotton mix, 155cm wide, Osborne & Little. Patterned cushions in Amy in Mole BLA014, 137cm wide, Borderline. Plain cushions in, lower half, Oyster, Trevira, 295cm wide, Sahco. Upper half, Orimono F5470-12, viscose/cotton mix, 155cm wide, Osborne & Little. Trimmed in Paloma 32492-9008, Wemyss Houlès. Curtains in Clair De Lune 9213-903, linen/viscose mix, 138cm wide, Etamine at Zimmer & Rohde. Backed in Orimono 13, viscose/cotton mix, 155cm wide, Osborne & Little. Edged in Luxury fringe 33192-9900, Wemyss Houlès.

WALLS Ringwold wallpaper BP1724; Tented Stripe wallpaper in dresser ST1706; both The Grisaille Papers at Farrow & Ball. Below dado Hardwick White, Estate Emulsion, Farrow & Ball.

FLOOR Panama Accents carpet E869 in Brown, Crucial Trading.

ACCESSORIES Mexico cushion, John Lewis. Fluted hold-backs, Fabricant. Ceramic lamp base, H44.5cm; Carlisle shade, diam41cm; both Vaughan. Opera lamp base at front, H66cm, Heathfield & Co. Carlisle shade, diam43cm, Vaughan.

STYLING ANNABEL SMITH
PHOTOGRAPHS JAN BALDWIN
APRIL 2007