DELICATE TOUCH

While pattern in the kitchen may be an unusual sight, a skirt is an opportunity to throw the rulebook into the recycling. To channel classic cupboard curtain chic, such as in this kitchen at the home of Lisa Mehydene, founder of edit58 , keep motifs on the small side so they emphasise the frills’ three-dimensional qualities.

British Standard kitchen, around £8,000, Plain English. Skirt in Tutti fabric, Howe. Wall in Dead Salmon estate emulsion, £49.50 for 2.5ltr Farrow & Ball

Lengths should be neat, pleats loose and patterns prettily petite