british designers at home

They present a mix of residential and commercial projects: private homes and townhouses alongside hospitality work such as hotels, restaurants and private clubs, as well as smaller retreats like cabins and cottages.

The books showcase a broad range of residential settings: English country houses and townhouses, seaside properties and estates, villas, second homes and contemporary retreats.

Many include practical guidance—building and renovation tips, room layout and zoning advice—and behind-the-scenes process material such as mood boards, sketches and decision-making sidebars that reveal how designs were developed.

Some titles place work in historical context—for example, one traces the profession’s rise and evolution in Britain since the First World War and discusses shifts from Art Deco and modernist interiors to retail, hospitality and contemporary domestic practice.

Craft and sourcing are foregrounded: authors describe integrating expertly sourced antiques, luxurious fabrics and bespoke decorative objects made by craftspeople to bring meaning, texture and character to interiors.