Guided by striking art, Studio Ashby infused this London home with colour, considered design and a relaxed sensibility

CREATE AN INVITING AND SOOTHING SPACE BY IMPROVING ITS FUNCTIONALITY AND FLOW

Sophie Ashby tells our editor Pip Rich how she puts her richly layered rooms together – and the surprising place she finds colour inspiration

If our homes reflect who we are, style becomes more than decorative – it’s personal, says Emily Henson

Our decorating expert on letting go of paint charts and allowing your instinctive colour confidence to shine through

Since we moved here in 2018 from a smaller two-bedroom terrace, we’ve painted our living-dining room in many different colours, from dusky pink to light green and dark blue. I really love Bauhaus, Pop