The annual Homes & Gardens Design Awards shine a spotlight on the most inspiring designs in decorating – here are our winners

The winners of the Homes & Gardens design awards decorating category have been announced. All of these fabric, wallpaper, paint, and tile award winners are designs that will enrich a home.

1. Best coordinating collection

Winner: The Fyvie Collection, Imogen Heath

This draws on the legacy of the many creatives in Imogen Heath's family. ‘My grandparents shared a love of art and design, both in their lives together and in their work,’ she explains. ‘Photographs taken by my grandfather of my grandmother in the late 1940s inspired the patterns and motifs. They’re a treasure trove of ideas, and it feels like a privilege to have a window into another time. Bringing them to life has been important to me.’

2. Best fabric collection

Winner: The Compass Collection II, Carlos Garcia

This is the second collection by Carlos Garcia, and it reflects his lifelong passion for antique textiles. It symbolises a journey around the world where Ottoman, Turkish, and Moroccan textiles mix with French and English chintzes. Based on original documents in his collection, the luxurious yet versatile designs have been sensitively updated to respect their heritage and are printed and woven in the UK on natural linen, silk mutka, and glazed cotton.

3. Best bold design in fabric

Winner: Spongeware in Blue, Kate Hawkins for CommonRoom

This fabric was inspired by Mochaware, a style of pottery that began in Staffordshire in the 1770s. Brand founder and designer at CommonRoom, Kate, recreated the look using a natural sea sponge.

4. Best embroidery

Winner: Enchanted Tree of Life, Chelsea Textiles

Mona Perlhagen’s brand, Chelsea Textiles, specialises in reproductions of antique embroidered fabrics. Based on an 18th-century English piece, this linen design is hand-embroidered using traditional techniques.

5. Best semi-plan

Joint winner: Hedgerow Herringbone, Ian Mankin

Available in six colourways and crafted from 100% European linen, the colour of this fabric by Ian Mankin appears to subtly shift thanks to the use of contrasting irregular-spun and space-dyed yarns.

Joint winner: Marple, Rubelli

Manufactured in Rubelli’s historic weaving mill based in Como, Italy, using a blend of New Zealand wool and chenille, this sophisticated upholstery fabric reimagines the classic herringbone pattern through a contemporary lens.

6. Best printed stripe

Winner: Ramie, Studio Supple

Studio Supple has produced their first textile collection, and it is inspired by a deep appreciation of Japan’s cultural heritage. One of three designs available, Ramie is a linear print realised using natural dyes to create an earthy, organic palette.

7. Best woven stripe

Winner: Temple, Isabella Worsley

This architectural and interior design studio’s fabric and wallpaper designs were initially developed for bespoke interior projects. Temple (shown on the bench cover) is a core fabric in the range by Isabella Worsley and is available in 10 colourways.

8. Best printed fabric

Winner: West House Trellis in Noire, Flora Soames

The original design by Flora Somes was inspired by a small fragment of a 19th-century French ‘fichu’ - a type of kerchief or shawl. Now it has been reworked on an Irish linen backcloth to produce this dramatic new colourway.

9. Best weave

Winner: Felbrigg, Mulberry Home at GP & J Baker

One of the four smart fabrics in the versatile Croft Weaves coordinated collection, this is an intricate jacquard with a luxurious handle. Suitable for both upholstery and drapery, playful sweeps of colour give it a relaxed feel

10. Trim of the year

Winner: Kaleidoscope collection, Samuel & Sons x Elizabeth Ashdown

Taking cues from patchwork and op art, UK-based passementerie artist Elizabeth Ashdown used centuries-old techniques to create Kaleidoscope, a contemporary range of borders and fringes. ‘Each combination was born of a desire to push the boundaries of colour placement and material,’ she says. ‘It’s a playful approach that honours the heritage of the craft.’

11. Best newcomer fabric design

Winner: Flags, Sgrinhouse

Founded by textile designer Alice Smith, a graduate of Central Saint Martins, Sgrinhouse operates from the Pembrokeshire coast in Wales. Taking inspiration from the fishing and maritime industries, Flags (shown top right) features motifs borrowed from nautical ensigns as well as hand-painted flecks of green that represent starboard markers

12. Best outdoor fabric collection

Winner: Capri, Andrew Martin x Sophie Paterson

This collection is inspired by the emblematic parasols found on the Italian island of Capri’s beaches. Featuring deckchair stripes, herringbone weaves and fine ticking, the range is made from 100% solution-dyed acrylic ensuring long-lasting vibrancy even under intense sunlight.

13. Best patterned wallpaper collection

Winner: Herbarium, Tess Newall

The bedroom of 18th-century Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus was the starting point for Herbarium by Tess Newall, who painted studies onto sheets of parchment paper and pasted them in an overlapping decoupage style. This became a printed design, with each artwork scanned at high resolution on a limewash background.

14. Best wallpaper design

Joint winner: Wild Thing, Bloomfield Ink

Designed by Bloomfield Ink founders Prue MacLeod and Emerald Dangerfield, the design pays homage to Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the colourways named after characters from the play

Joint winner: Matilda Oak, Rupert Bevan

Rupert Bevan drew inspiration from Shropshire landscapes, with oak leaves that appear to float across the surface. This was created using traditional marbling techniques dating back to the 12th century.

15. Best natural fibre wallpaper collection

Winner: Grasscloth Prints, Mark Alexander

Beginning as hand-painted artworks, these screen-printed designs by Mark Alexander feature geometric motifs and organic shapes, which are transferred onto abacá, raffia, jute, and arrowroot grounds.

16. Best mural

Winner: Millefleurs, Fromental

Embracing design innovation and new technologies, this chinoiserie marries hand-painted designs with augmented reality. Featuring animations and audio, the sensorial experience can be experienced through any mobile device.

17. Best newcomer wallpaper design

Winner: Juniper collection, Josephine Munsey

Having honed her skills at design houses such as Cole & Son and Designers Guild, Josephine Munsey launched her first designs in 2020. With each design meticulously illustrated by Josephine herself, this collection takes its cues from sources such as her great-grandmother’s embroidered tablecloth, Victorian fabrics, and the woods around her studio.

18. Best bold design in wallpapers

Winner: Eden Tree in White, Rebel Walls x Sam Wilde

Sam Wilde is a British artist known for his imaginative patterns – drawing inspiration from ancient mythology, this design has otherworldly botanical elements in a palette of vivid colours.

19. Best wallpaper for children

Winner: Run Away to the Circus, Annika Reed

Featuring jugglers, strong men, acrobats, and clowns, this is just one design in the Parade range by Annika Reed is inspired by the avant-garde ballet by Erik Satie and Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau, and Léonide Massine.

20. Best surface design

Winner: SensiTerre, Matteo Thun and Benedetto Fasciana for Florim

Combining artisanal skill with technological innovation, SensiTerre translates the warmth and tactility of traditional pottery into a clay-based tile and cladding collection in six shades and four textures.

21. Best tile design

Winner: Classic Delft collection, Marlborough Tiles

Made using a traditional Majolica technique, which involves painting directly onto raw glaze before firing, these tiles from Marlborough Tiles can be customised with a base and brushstroke colour and optional corner motifs.

22. Best paint collection

Winner: The Garden Party, Atelier Ellis

This is a collection of 12 colours that captures the shifting beauty of nature, from the rise of spring bulbs to the fading of late autumn flowers. Cassandra Ellis, founder and colourist at Atelier Ellis, drew inspiration from the writer Katherine Mansfield and the charm of still-life compositions to create the liveable palette.

23. Colour of the year

Winner: Atlas, Jewels collection, Paint & Paper Library

Atlas is one of eight shades in the Jewels capsule collection by Paint and Paper Library, inspired by rare and semi-precious minerals. Named after the Atlas Mountains range in Morocco, this burnt orange hue mimics vanadinite, a naturally reflective crystal that ranges in colour from fiery red to rich, deep brown.

24. One to watch in paint

Winner: The Pickleson Paint Co.

The Pickleson Paint Co. was founded by Alex Kirby and Rachael Green, and began as a passion project that flourished during lockdown. With highly pigmented colours named after memories and travels – think Sangria Pink and Cheeky Tan - the water-based paints are low VOC, virtually odourless and free from toxic masking agents.

25. Best decorating collaboration

Winner: The Aurora Collection, Sister by Studio Ashby for Yarn Collective

This collection features two patterns and three plains inspired by the sunrise. ‘It was born from that fleeting moment between night and day - the silvery quiet of early morning, teal-tinted skies and the warmth of a rising sun,’ says Sophie Ashby, founder of Studio Ashby and Sister by Studio Ashby. ‘I’ve long been moved by the sky’s ability to tell stories in colour, and this capsule captures that emotion in woven form.