From King Hussein's curtains to this beautiful Wiltshire interior

(Image credit: Stephanie Dunning Interiors (www.stephaniedunninginteriordesign.com))

published 16 January 2017

Stephanie Dunning started her career working in property development, but moved into interior design when she was asked to make curtains for the London office of King Hussein of Jordan.

The experience she gained making detailed technical drawings in her previous career remains the starting point of all her projects, which range from Georgian townhouses to a villa on Lake Como. Her business is based in a barn in rural Wiltshire near the 19^th-century home she restored with her husband, Peter Everard.

This is the living room of a 19^th-century house that the couple has completely restored and which incorporates only one of the existing walls.

Their aim was to create a house that didn’t look like a new build. With this in mind, the emphasis was on craftsmanship and painstaking detail in the building techniques, such as Flemish bond brickwork.

Inside, they combined details like wooden panelling, 50mm thick doors and deep cornicing with 21^st-century technology.

The sofas are from George Smith (020 7384 1004; www.georgesmith.com) upholstered in fabrics from Mark Alexander (01623 756699; www.markalexander.com).

The wall lights are from Vaughan (020–7349 4600; www.vaughandesigns.com) and the table lamp from Porta Romana (020 7352 0440; www.portaromana.com).

The walls and ceiling are painted with both Hardwick White and Lamp Room Gray from Farrow & Ball.

Stephanie Dunning Interiors - 01722 710608; www.stephaniedunninginteriordesign.com

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Giles Kime is Country Life's Executive and Interiors Editor, an expert in interior design with decades of experience since starting his career at The World of Interiors magazine. Giles joined Country Life in 2016, introducing new weekly interiors features, bridging the gap between our coverage of architecture and gardening. He previously launched a design section in The Telegraph and spent over a decade at Homes & Gardens magazine (launched by Country Life's founder Edward Hudson in 1919). A regular host of events at London Craft Week, Focus, Decorex and the V&A, he has interviewed leading design figures, including Kit Kemp, Tricia Guild, Mary Fox Linton, Chester Jones, Barbara Barry and Lord Snowdon. He has written a number of books on interior design, property and wine, the most recent of which is on the legendary interior designer Nina Campbell who last year celebrated her fiftieth year in business. This Autumn sees the publication of his book on the work of the interior designer, Emma Sims-Hilditch. He has also written widely on wine and at 26, was the youngest ever editor of Decanter Magazine. Having spent ten years restoring an Arts & Crafts house on the banks of the Itchen, he and his wife, Kate, are breathing life into a 16th-century cottage near Alresford that has remained untouched for almost half a century.

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