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Simon Brown

Photographer

"As a London-based Photographer, it has been my considerable good fortune to work with House & Garden magazine since 1983. While my formal education was relatively short and unfulfilled, Condé Nast became my finishing school, and what a remarkable education it was.

From a young age, my focus as a photographer has always been about interiors. For over 45 years, I have specialised in capturing the beauty of the spaces people live in. The work of interior designers, portraiture, the products they create, and my own personal interpretations. Both on location and in the studio. Always interiors themed. Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of working regularly with many inspiring clients, including Beata Heuman, Kit Kemp, Robert Kime, Emma Burns, Philip Hooper, Nina Campbell, Rita Konig, Studio Vero, Salvesen Graham, and Sims Hilditch, De Rose Sa, to name a few.. In addition to House & Garden, my work has appeared in Architectural Digest, The World of Interiors, Vanity Fair, ID Magazine, Harpers Bazaar, Frederic Magazine, Country Life, and 1stDibs Introspective Magazine.

My photographs have also been the principal work featured in over forty books, including five titles for Kit Kemp, Beata Heuman’s debut book, the first books from Salvesen Graham and Sims Hilditch (and the second for the latter), as well as works by Nina Campbell, Liz Bauwens, and Melissa Penfold. My personal work, Limited Edition Interior prints, is represented by the Benrubi Gallery in New York and the Michael Hoppen Gallery in London."

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A 19th-century cottage in Derbyshire that helped a designer rediscover his identity

For designer Henry Jonsson-Robinson, a former mill-worker's cottage became a way of navigating grief – and proves that homes are as much about emotion as they are aesthetics
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A Victorian house in Notting Hill that has been given a brilliantly bold and colourful new look

From their very first meeting, Venetia Rudebeck and Romanos Brihi of Studio Vero knew they would get on well with the owners of this London house. Together, they have transformed every room with vibrant hues and clever design details
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The bohemian Spanish apartment where fashion designer Penelope Chilvers spends her summers

Filled with an eclectic mix local treasures and just the bare essentials for daily life, this tiny flat in Catalonia feels like the most charming time capsule – and offers the perfect retreat for relaxed weekends and holidays
Decoration

Why are we so obsessed with murals?

A charming new exhibition at Cotswold hotel and estate Thyme reveals the enduring appeal of murals as an art form
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A Victorian house in south London given a pretty and sophisticated revamp for the third generation

When a client asked Scarlett Jones of Sims Hilditch to refresh the house in which she was born while keeping a sense of continuity, the designer turned to vivacious colour and print to get the job done
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The romantic Cotswold cottage of shoe designer Penelope Chilvers

Looking for a country retreat as an antidote to city life, Penelope Chilvers found this charming house in the Cotswolds, and set about making it the perfect place for working and entertaining
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A graceful Cotswolds house rebuilt in the traditional local vernacular

When the owners of this Cotswolds house bought it, it was a bland Twenties reconstruction of a seventeenth-century house that had burnt down. They and their architect set about rebuilding it, reconnecting it with its gardens and wider surroundings
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A Wiltshire village country house filled with paintings and heirlooms

It may be packed with paintings, but this Wiltshire house is far from an austere showcase, with 20th-century pictures, quirky curios and treasured heirlooms giving it a welcoming charm
Travel

The perfect, pared-back coziness of a 17th century Swedish farmhouse

To extend his small 1800s Swedish farmhouse, designer Lars Bolander ingeniously joined it to a neighbouring barn, creating a light-filled sitting room and entrance hall in the transitional space.
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Our former editor Sue Crewe's elegant London flat

Former House & Garden editor Susan Crewe discusses the trials and triumphs of relocating from the top floors to the bottom of her London house, working with friends and family to make her requirements a reality.
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From the archive: Hugh Leslie deploys his signature subtle palette and clever joinery in a London family home (2015)

Interior designer Hugh Leslie gradually transformed this west London terrace house into a smart family home with light-filled interiors
Travel

From the archive: an elegant Georgian house perfectly situated in the rolling Cotswold countryside (2017)

Having lost out on their perfect house in Oxfordshire, designer Vanessa Macdonald and her husband James were delighted to find the owners later wanted to sell, and they could finally call the elegant Georgian property their own
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Beata Heuman brings her signature cocktail of ideas to an expansive London apartment

By cleverly reconfiguring the space and adding in a harmonious blend of new and vintage furniture, Beata Heuman and her team offer a masterclass in enlivening a blank canvas
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How Salvesen Graham brought an unusual Georgian house back to life

Navigating a clock house, coronavirus and a colour blind client, the design duo brought their signature charm to a family home
Travel

Henriette von Stockhausen brings elegance and harmony to a Georgian country house

With a large family and frequent guests, the owner of this house in Hampshire tasked Henriette von Stockhausen with creating elegant and versatile interiors that help to tie together the original Georgian rooms and a recent extension
Travel

Inside King Charles's Welsh home, as he gives up the property

King Charles's first Welsh home, adapted from a former model farm in Carmarthenshire, bears witness to his philosophy of sustainable building, with a structure traditionally made from existing and locally sourced materials, an ecologically sound heating system, and elegant interiors that harmonise perfectly with the architecture
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Garden designer Butter Wakefield's house is a slice of the country in the city

Garden designer Butter Wakefield has spent the past 18 years transforming her London house into a flower-filled slice of the country in the city.
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Inside a British expat’s comfortable Colorado house revitalised by Salvesen Graham

A London-based decorating duo brought their quintessentially English point of view Stateside for this complete overhaul
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Samantha Todhunter brings out the fun in traditional design at her Queen Anne country house

Interior designer Samantha Todhunter and her husband David were always destined to make this 18th-century house in Oxfordshire their home, after chance encounters three decades apart.
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Step inside a grand northern England estate that’s been totally modernised

Think Downton Abbey, circa 2022
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