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There are precious few household names in the world of interior design. A particular designer seems to have the preferred look for a period of time, and then is quickly forgotten. This month I’d like to talk about a lady who is truly the exception to the rule.


Nina Campbell is one of the world’s most respected and influential interior designers. Her list of clients (the Duke and Duchess of York, Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart and the Capital Hotel in Knightsbridge to name but a few) and design expertise is unparalleled. Renowned for her contagious wit and brilliant sense of style, her designs appeal to both young and old, and sit well in both contemporary and traditional interiors.


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Her enthusiasm and interest in design and interiors was developed when, at the age of nineteen, during the swinging sixties, she went to work for John Fowler at the prestigious Sybil Colefax & John Fowler. Shortly afterwards she set up her own decorating business, where one of her first commissions was to design a castle in Scotland and Annabel’s private members’ club, Berkeley Square, London, in her unmistakably elegant and rich colour palette.


Further developing her business, Nina opened her interior design offices and studio where she still creates beautiful fabric and wallpaper collections, internationally distributed by Osborne & Little.


Over the last three decades I’ve regularly used her delicate and yet sumptuous fabrics and wallpapers, to the pleasure of many a client. This autumn’s offering is most definitely up to her usual high standard. Comprising 3 fabric and 1 wallpaper books, it’s a delightful mix of the light and airy, and the rich and exotic.


In the main fabric and wallpaper collection, entitled Ashdown, Nina captures the essence of woodland walks and the English country garden, in prints and embroideries on linen or linen-mix grounds. The designs effortlessly combine timeless elegance with a country style in Nina’s signature palette. The name is taken from Ashdown Forest, an area of outstanding natural beauty in the county of Sussex.


Whenever I write about a particular collection I’ve usually got a favourite that I leave until last to mention (dramatic effect darling !!!), but this collection is just bursting with such fabulous and eclectic designs that I really don’t know which I like the best !!! Chelwood, available as a fabric and wallpaper, is a floral garland of wild carnations painted in bright blues or greens on ivory, or white flowers on aqua and dove grey, and is archetypally Nina Campbell.


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