CLEAN LINES AND A NEUTRAL COLOUR PALETTE FORM THE PERFECT BACKDROP TO SARA’S BOLD COLLECTIONS

Dining room The Christmas table is decorated with two suzani textiles from Uzbekistan – Rug Store has a good selection. Moroccan tea glasses are used as tealight holders (available from Moroccan Bazaar in the UK) and fresh hyacinths make pretty place settings. Pieces of jewellery that Sara found in a bazaar in Mongolia have been framed and hung on the wall behind the table. The dining chairs are the ‘CH24 Wishbone’ design in black by Danish designer Hans J Wegner for Carl Hansen & Søn (available at Skandium). The rug is a vintage Anatolian kilim from Brandts Indoor and the pendant lights are antique French lamps, sourced from Danish antique dealer Suzanne Varming Stockist details on p166 ➤

Details A tassel from Turkmenistan is used to decorate a present. Afghan bangles are piled up to make intricate candleholders, and the tree is hung with pieces from Sara’s travels. Gifts are placed on the stair treads; underneath, a chair by Charles and Ray Eames for Vitra (available at Twentytwentyone) sits beside an antique British trunk and a stool found on a trip to Syria Bedroom White walls and bedding form a neutral base for patterned cushions made from vintage Turkish kilims Stockist details on p166