Ben pentreath

A wonderful sitting room with walls painted in Farrow & Ball's Setting Plaster! The sitting room is an altogether more restful thing, in its new coat of powdery chalky pink. Patrick mixed that for me too, a shade right in-between his 1950s pink and Farrow & Ball's Setting Plaster (which is a beautiful colour but…

It’s week 4 of Home Glow’s Saturday Blog — the Thursday ORC edition. Quick recap — I’m turning a 19th century blacksmith shop into a studio for Home Glow Design. I call it my Ultimate She-Shed, because, after nearly 8 years as a stay-at-home parent to boys, getting back into the professional world is a happy, […]

So – you’ve either bought, inherited, begged, borrowed (or stolen) the idyllic, best-of-both-worlds urban cottage we all dream of living in. But now you have your hands on it, how should you treat the interiors?

September 29, 2024It is hard to pigeonhole Ben Pentreath, frequently described as the go-to architectural and interior designer of the British royal family. Yes, he has worked on several urban-development projects with King Charles, including a park-and-ride system in Truro, Cornwall, and a newly developed, classically styled town called Poundbury, in Dorset, which will eventually […]

Founded in the Thirties, this legendary firm is synonymous with layered, perfectly executed English design. See all the projects in the House & Garden archive by Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler's decorators here

I want to say a few things about my attempt to do a high-low Ben Pentreath room. Some things are next to impossible... Yes, yes, I know....

Get to know the English architect-decorator behind rooms for royals and a smart London shop

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