NATURE STUDY

American artist and designer John Derian is an avid collector of historic prints and ephemera, particularly of the natural world. This is his first foray into wallpapers and fabrics with Designers Guild. The Flora and Fauna paper works well as an artwork-

Walls painted in Cuisse de Nymphe Emue

emulsion, £45/2.5L, Edward Bulmer. Flora and Fauna parchment

wallpaper, £65/roll, John Derian for Designers Guild. Woodwork painted in Loft White Intelligent

eggshell, £29/L;

floorpaint, £30/L, and walls (above picture rail) in emulsion, £42/2.5L: all Little Greene. Menda rug, £469, Heal’s. Gjora bed frame, from £199, Ikea. Vintage basket, junk shop find. Men’s shirt, £68, The Great English Outdoors.

Valance in Constance Raspberry linen, £65/m; bedcurtain in Three Inch Stripe Raspberry, £48/m: both Cabbages & Roses.

Bedcover (just seen) made with Flora and Fauna parchment cotton, £65/m, John Derian for Designers Guild. Pink

quilt, £595; pink linen

cushion, £50: both The Conran Shop. Linen double duvet cover, from £140; pillowcases, £45 per pair: all Christy On mantel: framed swallow

print, from £80, King & Mcgaw. Canvas made with Bird Collage parchment cotton, £65/m, John Derian for Designers Guild. Victor floor lamp, £419, Original BTC. Framed owl panel,

from £80, King & Mcgaw. Oddvar stool, £7, Ikea; painted in Cuisse de Nymphe Emue Modern Oil eggshell, £41/L, Edward Bulmer. Pink plate, £22; glass, £9: both The Conran Shop. Abercrombie lamp,

£176, Jim Lawrence. Vintage saucer, antiques shop find. Alarm clock,

£25, Newgate Left and above: details as before. Tabitha chest of drawers, £595, Loaf. Vintage china and terracotta pots, from a selection, ebay