Houses packed with colour

With her lampshade-making business starting to take over her west London family home, Rosi de Ruig moved operations to a nearby studio and took the chance to give the Victorian house a vibrant new look

A growing family called in the interior designer to rejig the layout and aesthetic of their early Victorian house, and the result is packed with charm

Behind the door of an unassuming Edwardian house in London, the artist Natasha Mann has created a richly patterned world of her own design

Inspired by a lifetime spent travelling to every corner of the world, Melinda Stevens, creative director of @loupe_uk, has created a house that treats the eye at every turn

Some eye-catching interior design alchemy by Nadine Finnegan has transformed a charming old Oxfordshire property into a colourful and characterful family home

On moving back to the UK after two decades spent living in Sydney, this couple wanted to create a family home which was respectful of the traditional architecture, while introducing modern decorative influences.

In their London rental house sisters Olympia and Ariadne Irving have used exuberant colour, high street finds and a mish mash of antiques passed down from family, to create witty and deeply personal home.

When interior designer Nina Litchfield first encountered this unusual apartment in south-west London, it was distinctly dreary, but it couldn't be further from that mood now

Moving from an Irish castle to an ordinary 1930s house in a Worcestershire village posed some challenges for Farrow & Ball Brand Ambassador Patrick O'Donnell, but a judicious use of colour and a considered arrangement of art and furniture has produced an immensely appealing interior

On torrid days in Singapore, the mercury can rise to 40°C. This is when interior designer Elizabeth Hay, who relocated to the tropical city-state in 2013, dreams of home. She pictures the whitewashed kitchen of her thatched cottage, tucked into the quiet green fold of an isolated Devon valley. Lawns tumble down to a brook and blossom drifts across the orchard in spring – an idyllic vision of England that might have come from a Thirties guidebook

Interior designer Kate Cox has turned a tired Georgian flat in Bristol in to a charming and eclectic home

When West End producer Eilene Davidson cast a Victorian civic building in London as her family home, she called in her longtime collaborator, interior designer John McCall, to set the scene for a beautifully bold transformation

Interior designer Cath Beckett, co-founder of Yellow London, has made her own flat the perfect showcase for her bold, expressive use of colour and pattern

Interior designer Octavia Dickinson has put together an appealing blend of antique finds, favourite fabrics and bespoke pieces to create a comfortable, colourful home for her family in south London

Her experience of living in bland rental houses in south-east Asia left Alice Crawley with a craving to use colour and pattern. Her London house tells the story of her time in Hong Kong and Vietnam, and the fun she had with colour when she returned

This Jacobean beauty seemed to have it all, but its new owners felt like it was lacking its vital spark. Brought in to restore a sense of character, Nicola Harding embarked on a whirlwind revamp, transforming rooms with an artful palette and creating beguiling contrasts of dark and light

Francesca Gentilli spends her working life sourcing the best fabrics and textiles from India, Turkey, Morocco, Uzbekistan and beyond, and her own house is the best showcase of her finds

Behind the ordinary façade of Katie Glaister's 1930s house in south-west London lies an interior full of unexpected colour and personality, enriched by the work of talented artists and craftspeople

Decorator Chloe Willis' own London house is not just a showcase of her skills, but a marvel in creating a comfortable country feel in the heart of the city

Called to bring personality to a new-build house in Connecticut, Elizabeth Hay applied her clever blend of bright colours and patterned fabrics to enliven the blank canvas and make it suitable for every season