23/06/2026
WOW indeed! One of my favourite design dates of the year. 🤍
If you don't know it, WOW!house is the Design Centre Chelsea Harbour's annual interior design exhibition, running this year from 2 June to 2 July, with 22 full-sized rooms and outdoor spaces, each dreamed up by a different world-class designer working alongside some incredible international brands. I also got to join a @‌thebiid tour and talk while I was there, which made the day even better.
I always come away from WOW!house full of ideas, so here are a few of the rooms that really stuck with me this year.
The @‌lalique home bar by @‌charu_gandhi at @‌elicyon was the first to stop me in my tracks, an opulent mix of art deco crystal against warm, natural textures. That kind of contrast is hard to get right, and they nailed it.
Then there was the primary bedroom by Mary Graham and Nicole Salvesen @‌salvesengraham, where the chimney breast was wrapped entirely in vintage mirrored panels. I'm not going to lie, I've already got something brewing in my own work because of this one.
The @‌schumacher_uk dining room by @‌max_rollitt was the one that felt most like a memory rather than a design statement: rich terracotta damask walls, a table laid with ivory silk mohair and green linen, and candles dripping down over everything. It had that feeling of children playing way past their bedtime while the grown-ups linger at the table. Completely transporting.
And the @‌blackedition_byromo speakeasy salon by Tiffany Duggan @‌studioduggan deserves a mention purely for the colour story; deep burgundy, powder pink and olive green together shouldn't work quite as beautifully as they do.
There are more favourites to come, because nine rooms really was too many for one post. Stay tuned.
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