Abigail Ahern

The hottest, absolutely, the hottest interior designer in London is Abigail Ahern. She has a fabulous eye for combining smoky greys and deep jewelled tones with bright accents (e.g. orange). And the result is always luxurious even if she has to work with a small budget. Unusually, she strongly encourages (with good reason) the use of monochromatic dark tones for all walls, even floor and ceiling. Another of her design tricks is to fix up vintage pieces even if they are odd pieces like cuckoo clocks or animal trophies.

I haven't yet developed her discerning eye for different shades of grey but I'm getting my mum to dig out her old cuckoo clock. See her look in her blog, her book or her ATELIER Abigail Ahern in London.