According to revered American decorator Billy Cotton, there’s a beguiling tension between architectural simplicity and decorative richness, something that he attributes to his Vermont upbringing. ‘There, the tendency was to eschew intricate accents in favour of relatively puritanical interiors,’ he reflects. ‘As a result, I’ve harboured a life-long fascination with the juxtaposition between humble and grand.’
Of all his projects, that tension is perhaps most evident in