Small houses

Featured in the interior design practice’s new book, Arent&Pyke: Interiors Beyond the Primary Palette, this family house in the city’s eastern suburbs reveals how a broad spectrum of colour, pattern and texture can be used to create a pleasingly coherent feel

When furniture designer James Shaw bought an empty plot in a covetable east London, it required an unusual amount of ingenuity to turn it into a home

Combining their talents, garden designer Atticus Branch and fashion photographer Ahmed Hassan have transformed their shared flat

The Left Bank abode is très chic

Entrusted with the mission of bringing light to a gloomy ground floor flat, Studio Peake leant on her client's love on textiles and art to bring warmth to their London bolthole

Having restored the elegant Victorian features of this airy flat in north London, designer Alice Davies set about  creating a calming yet eclectic backdrop in which a creative young couple could harmoniously live and work.

Keeping one eye on the purse strings, interior designer Catherine Olley has transformed her Dulwich flat from an abandoned shell into a first family home

For this couple with a young child, it was a priority to live in a house that lent itself to family life as much as to entertaining. With the help of Tiffany Duggan, the small terrace is now a space that  thrills as much as it functions

Take inspiration from Marianne Evennou’s creative use of colour and choice of flexible furniture to enhance the proportions and maximise space in this Paris apartment

Small spaces always present their own peculiar challenges, but Isabella Worsley was determined to work with the quirks and charm of this house in Hove, rather than fight against them

Each area of the open-plan main room in this small west London flat has its own distinct atmosphere, thanks to the inventive details introduced by interior designer Beata Heuman, who relished the creative challenge of making every inch count