‘L AYERS OF OLD PL ASTER IN THE DINING ROOM MADE THE WALLS LOOK LIKE THE INCREDIBLE ONES FROM THE KING’S SPEECH’

Dining room Black-and-white photographs by Peter Saville contrast with this room’s distressed plaster walls. Red leather upholstered Julian Chichester chairs surround the ‘Drapers’ table by Rose Uniacke and the oversized pendant light above is a 19th-century black chainmail design from France – for similar try 1stDibs. Two ‘Shear’ wall lights by Bert Frank are placed either side of the 1950s bookcase, salvaged from a Swiss library Hallway This space’s sweeping wooden staircase and original sienna-toned floor tiles posed the biggest problem for Jo, who wanted to find pieces capable of denting the slight pomposity of its style. A painted triptych, picked up in an antiques shop in Tetbury, is placed above a mid-century sideboard, while the ‘Dioscuri’ pendant lights by Michele de Lucchi for Artemide are fitted with Philips Hue bulbs that can set an instant party vibe