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Boutique interior design studio in Surrey Hills✨heritage specialist✨culture inspired✨colour mastery✨ A Godalming-based tailored interior design service.

I don't believe that good design is a matter of budget. If you're looking for inspiration and advice, a guiding hand to help you make the first step, you've come to the right place. If you're looking for fully-fledged project management I can help you with that too. I believe in a personal approach. At Home by Design is not a huge design house. It's a small, tailored service for people looking for interior design support and guidance. Just drop me a line. I'd love to hear from you

28/08/2026

A quick refresh can make a real difference.

21/08/2026

There are some coincidences that are too strange to ignore.

Working in the heritage sector, I spend a lot of time researching the past.

I’ve recently discovered two extraordinary connections between my own family history, the First World War, and the work of Sir Edwin Lutyens.

The first is personal. My great-great-uncle’s name is carved into the Arras Memorial, designed by Lutyens to commemorate the thousands of men who have no known grave. Lutyens himself grew up in the Surrey landscape where I now live and work.

Then there’s a second connection, this time through film.

If you’ve seen 1917, you may remember General Erinmore (Colin Firth) ordering two soldiers to take an urgent message to the 2nd Devonshires at Écoust. He refers to the German withdrawal and the huge new defensive line, the Hindenburg Line, nameing two villages, Écoust and Croisilles.

Croisilles is where my great-great-uncle was killed, serving with the Devonshires.

Of the hundreds of battles and skirmishes fought across the Western Front, why should the places connected to my family history appear in a film I happened to watch?

And why should the memorial to him have been designed by an architect whose childhood landscape became part of my own?

Perhaps they’re simply coincidences.

But when you research history, you start to realise that the past has a funny way of reaching into the present.

And sometimes, the most fascinating stories are the connections you never expected to find.

Visit my blog to find out more.

19/08/2026

Let’s talk about paints. They are not all equal.

If you’re confused by breathable paints and plastic paints this is for you.

Or want to know the healthy choices you can make when it comes to paint, we’ve got it covered.

Read our journal post or get a free copy of our natural paint checklist when you sign up to our newsletter.

13/08/2026

Home. What is it?

To me, it’s a bunch of flowers from a neighbour’s garden.

It’s understanding the architecture of the house I live in and the people who lived there.

It’s the context in which that building fits.

I’ve been down a rabbit warren researching my street and I’ve discovered some fascinating features and people.

There even a murder!

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07/08/2026

Throwback Friday

This is a project I did a few years back for .

The brief had everything: a period building, an old kitchen, strange traffic flow, the need for brand colours and light to be injected.

Great clients, and fun to work with.

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03/08/2026

This is a story about a Charterhouse School master and the house he had designed by Edwin Lutyens.

Add into the equation a garden designed by Gertrude Jekyll on a hillside in Godalming, and you’ve got something really special.

You might walk past the unassuming front door without a hint of what lies behind and never know the stories of the people who lived there:

An impressive staircase, neo-Georgian elements, quarry-tiled floors, home to war heros.

If you’d like to find out more, visit the journal on our website. The link is in the bio.

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29/07/2026

Designing your own home is one thing.

But what about when it’s also your sculpture studio and art gallery?

I can barely keep two things in my head these days. So sculptor and trail blazer Dora Gordine deserves all the plaudits.

Whether you like the house or not, there are so many intriguing elements, from the round doorways to the tiles around the fireplace.

It’s worth a visit. Visit our blog post for more insights on how Dorich House is more than a house. It’s a biography in bricks.

27/07/2026

Really happy to share some of my exciting historic discoveries in the latest Round & About article.

What story does your home tell? And how does that influence your interior design?

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