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Stainless steel kitchen
Photographer: Simon Upton/ The Interior Archive Designer: David Gill David Gill is a leading dealer in modernist furniture and contemporary design. The kitchen in his flat above his London gallery mixes stainless steel with 20th century design classics. GEC Anderson GEC Anderson have … Continue reading
Bathroom for four boys
Photographer: Jean-Marc Palisse / The Interior Archive Architect: Teisseire & Toulon This bathroom, for the four boys of a family in Bordeaux, has been designed with a sense of fun and is an explosion of colour. Each boy has his … Continue reading
Indian Summer
Used as an awning, a length of blue silk shelters an antique sun lounger and an iron table on this urban terrace. Photographer : Jacques Dirand / The Interior Archive Designer: Carolyn Quartermaine The billowy blue fabric is from the … Continue reading
Tongue-and-groove bathroom
Washington DC-based designer Darryl Carter has a knack for offsetting biscuit and linen palettes with dark wood. This bathroom is in his Virginia farmhouse . Situated against pristine white tongue-and-groove panelling the antique free-standing bath is the focal point of the … Continue reading
Concrete Shelving
A large grey polished concrete shelving unit dominates one wall of the kitchen in this house in Sri Lanka. Photographer: James Fennell/The Interior Archive Architect: Geoffrey Bawa We asked Paul Davies Design, specialists in poured concrete surfaces (including worktops and … Continue reading
Stable-door kitchen
Shelves used to store wineglasses are mounted above a row of kitchen cupboards designed to resemble stable doors. Photographer: Fritz von der Schulenburg/The Interior Archive Designer: Mimmi O’Connell With the huge range of designer paints currently available it’s difficult to … Continue reading






