Written for The Artist magazine ~ March 2025 issue. Jane Morris - Artist, Model, Muse.

Written for The Artist magazine ~ February 2025 issue. Rembrandt ~ his portraits & his palette.

Written for The Artist magazine ~ January 2025 issue. Van Gogh and the Power of Plants and Painting.

Illuminating precious artworks requires technical skill, historical awareness and a keen eye for interior design. Kate Wilkins and Sam Neuman, founders of Kate & Sam Lighting are experts in lighting Old Masters, oil paintings, contemporary art, tapestries and sculpture – on any scale.

Zardi & Zardi are included in The English Home New Years Honours Design Awards for their new Chinoiserie Panorama Wallpaper design.

Working through a sequence of internal and external restoration projects included the South Front, North Hall, Blue Room, State Library, Marble Saloon, with the two most recent projects - the State Drawing Room and the State Dining Room – requiring the specialist expertise of Zardi & Zardi.

Thank you to The English Home team for featuring Zardi & Zardi in the September issue - a fantastic way to celebrate 20 years of trading!

The term ‘shiplap’ comes from its original use insulating and protecting ships against harsh weather before being used as external building cladding. This style began showing up in our interiors more recently with an original rustic and nautical charm – and the style took off! Shiplap was being installed horizontally, leading the eye around the room and adding a sense of internal space.

If you love the look of an ultra-modern, sleek interior but don’t accept that it has to be soul-less …. read on. We’ll show you how to balance the two aesthetics, creating a strong, highly curated look that still has bags of character. Create as much space and light as possible, whilst drawing the eye to unique textures and layering throughout the interior.

Thank you to Country Life for featuring Zardi & Zardi in September’s Design Festival Highlights ~ our ‘Pleasing Panoramas’ will be on show at Focus Design Week & The Longer View opening on 11th October.

Expert advice from Kate & Sam Lighting for lighting the grounds of your home

Summer is coming. It’s time to enjoy the evenings outside, so set the mood, prepare the drinks, enjoy good company and make the most of simple pleasures again! There is something magical about evenings outside, they conjure happy memories of holidays, parties, weddings, fairy books and freedom, and this is what the lighting needs to tune into.

Zardi & Zardi are chosen for the Distinctive Design Awards in the January issue of The English Home magazine 2025. Images by Mike Garlick.

In the run up to the 25^th anniversary of Giffords Circus in 2025, Jeremy Houghton is delighted to be the Artist in Residence for this unique circus with cult status in the Cotswolds and beyond. Cherished by so many as a quintessentially English highlight of the summer season, Jeremy is excited to literally lift the curtain and get behind the scenes of the iconic institution.

Every creative should own this book.

Pour over stunning imagery captured in a slim, highly flickable format. This book is a visual treat, accompanied by a clever and curious narrative. Chesterman and Nelson are lifelong printmakers and polymaths, drawing on their experiences of living and working in the Far East, they bring a broad perspective to their writing.

Verdure Tapestries in Homes & Antiques ~ April 2025. For Zardi & Zardi.

Homes & Gardens ~ March 2025

Becoming an art collector is no longer the preserve of the elite. If you love art and want to adorn your walls with it, here are a few tips for building a collection that you’ll come to treasure. The art market can seem like a daunting world, especially if you are starting from scratch, but everyone has to start somewhere. We hope this acts as a sensible guide to get you out of the blocks.

From the moment Chinoiserie landed on English shores in the mid 1700’s, it was an instant hit. Chinese wallpapers were imported as part of Sinomania – the fashion for all things oriental including lacquer, porcelain, silks and patterned linens from India. Thanks to the English East India Company, every grand house in the country had at least one room adorned with chinoiserie. It remained in fashion for the next 100 years – as trends go, this one really has endured. After centuries of appeal, chinoiserie continues to attract a new generation of decorators for its exotic, timeless quality.