OTTOLINE

HOW IT BEGAN

Growing up just outside Amsterdam, Ottoline de Vries was taught basic decorating skills from a young age and later found herself drawn into the world of design.

DOING IT YOURSELF

‘When I began doing up my own home, I was bursting with ideas and energy – and the skills I learned in my early years were so valuable,’ she says. Returning home from her day job, Ottoline would happily work through the night, wallpapering rooms and upcycling furniture. It was a fruitless search for the ‘perfect’ wallpaper that led her to begin sketching out her own ideas, laying the foundations for what would become her first wallpaper collection, which launched in 2015.

INSPIRE HAPPINESS

Made in the UK and the Netherlands, her designs have since evolved to span wallpapers, lampshades, fabrics and cushions, with uplifting colour remaining at the heart of each collection. Available at The Fabric Collective or online at ottoline.co.uk.