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DECORATIVE DESIGN

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‘I always try to treat a kitchen like a drawing room as it’s the room that is currently most used for socialising. Curtains are important to include as they add softness and comfort. Drawn at night they create cosy spaces rather than cavernous black windows,’ says Henriette von Stockhausen, founder, VSP Interiors. in Tendril Vine linen in Walnut and Sage, from £390m, Soane Britain. Kitchen made by Artichoke, designed by VSP Interiors.

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