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A living room at a Georgian country house in Berkshire designed by Nicola Harding
Credit: Paul Massey
There’s been a huge spike in second home purchases in the UK since the Covid crisis began and it’s only gaining momentum. It’s all very well having a lovely house in Provence, Tuscany or Turkey, but what’s the point if you never quite know whether you’ll be allowed to go?
The desire to stay in hotels has never been stronger - and I am finding new ways to design them
Interior designer Nicola Harding considers the impact of Covid on her work, and why gratuitously expensive things feel icky right now
6 February 2021 • 7:00am
Interior designer Nicola Harding
Nicola Harding’s projects span from grand private Georgian homes in London to boutique country house hotels, but she is best known for doing The Garden House at five-star Beaverbrook in Surrey. She is currently working on the new 14-suite Beaverbrook Town House, opening this summer on Sloane Street. Here, she considers the past year and its impact on luxury hotels.
A new school of British designers are making their mark on the world s finest hotels
It s a golden age for British hotel design
A room at the historic Mitre hotel at Hampton Court, modernised by interior designer Nicola Harding
A talented new school of British designers is making its mark on hotels, both in Britain and further afield. They come from backgrounds that encompass architecture, art and furniture design. Olga Polizzi, the doyenne of our group, says: “It’s like fashion, nothing comes back quite the same. The country house look has come back, but there’s a new twist to it.”