2019-06-01 Homes and Gardens

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Farrow & Ball

It’snotjustthedepthand

richnessofFarrow& Ball’s

paintsthat’sembeddedinthe

nation’sconsciousness,but

alsothosewonderfulshade

names:DeadSalmon,

Elephant’sBreath,Nancy’s

Blushes.Thebrand’scolour

guruJoaStudholme’snew

bookRecipesforDecorating

(MitchellBeazley,£30)

is out now, farrow-ball.com

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Christopher

Farr

Since1988,this

companyhasrepresentedrugsattheir

mostartistic,producingarchive works

bythelikesofBauhaus

designerGuntaStölzl.

ChristopherFarrCloth

bringsthesamevision

tofabricsandwallpaper,

christopherfarr.com;

christopherfarrcloth.com

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DeGournay

Afterwitnessing

theartistryof

Chinesecraftsmen,ClaudCecil

Gurneyfoundedhiswallpaper

branddeGournayin1986.Today,

hestillworkswithartisanson

intricatewallpapers,rangingfrom

hand-paintedChinoiserietomore

contemporarydesigns.Thelatest,

Houghton,isinspiredbyan

18th-centurypaperatHoughton

Hall, Norfolk, degournay.com

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roGeroates

DesiGn

RogerandFayOates’

stairrunnersareascheerfulastheyare

practical.Theoriginalcarpets,created

30 yearsago,werebasedonantique

Venetianflatweaves;today,technology

ensurestheycanbeadaptedto any

staircase, rogeroates.com

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Marthe

arMitaGe

OneoftheUK’sunsung

designheroes,89-year-oldMarthe

Armitageworksfromhome,creating

charmingbucolicwallpapersbyhand.

In 2016 shecreatedpackagingfor

JoMaloneLondonandsellsher

designsthroughtheHamiltonWeston

showroom, hamiltonweston.com

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anDrew

Martin

MartinWallersetup

AndrewMartinin 1978 tocelebratehis

loveoftravelandit remainsa wealth

ofglobalinspiration.Healsorewards

newtalentwithhisInteriorDesignerof

the Year awards, andrewmartin.co.uk

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