European Houses

In an extract from Classic by Design, the latest book to chronicle Michael S Smith's work, Andrew Ferren introduces a beautiful Mallorcan house

Marie-Louise Sjögren’s historic house on the Stockholm archipelago was built as a summer retreat, but her family now enjoy the tranquil location in comfort all year round–especially at Christmas

To celebrate the publication of his new book John Stefanidis: A Designer's Eye, House & Garden revisits the interior that was the genesis of it all, the home he created on the Greek island of Patmos

Holidaying on Menorca, antique dealer Dorian Caffot de Fawes and his interior designer husband Thomas Daviet felt an immediate affinity for the capital Mahon and its burgeoning art scene. It led them to make the unexpected decision to create a beautiful home for themselves, and a base for their business, on the Spanish island

The farmhouse Caitriona Platts-Manoury shares with her husband Christian, a gallerist and artist, is a place of pared-back beauty

From murals to mosaics and bespoke ceramics, interior designer Laura Gonzalez’s close collaborations with artisans have made her house in northern France a showcase of creativity, individuality and warmth

Having inherited a derelict merchant's house on the Greek island of Patmos, designer Melina Blaxland-Horne and her husband Dimitri set about salvaging abandoned elements of its period interiors before embarking on a careful and characterful restoration

Not even a resident ghost could dissuade artist Sergio Roger and his partner Fernando Ansorena from creating a heavenly home in this hilltop apartment overlooking Barcelona

Deep inside a protected nature reserve on Mallorca’s northern coastline, the American sculptor Micheal Prentice has spent decades building an enchanting retreat.

Doyenne of fabrics Carolina Irving has turned her eye for texture and print to creating a diminutive but super stylish house full of bottle greens and rusty reds. Her friend, the interior designer Remy Renzullo, explains.

This light-filled house in Bruges is a rare example of 1930s Dutch architecture and its artist owners have made it the perfect canvas for their creative pursuits

In an ancient Italian town perched on a rocky outcrop and accessible only by foot, Paolo Crepet and Cristiana Melis, the residents of an art-filled former palace, have created a guesthouse that is truly one of a kind

In an extract from Miguel Flores-Vianna's new book Haute Bohemians: Greece, the author visits legendary writer Patrick Leigh Fermor's house in the Mani

Known for their subtle hand, architectural designers Skye Maunsell and Jordi Veciana have created a calm, pared-back feel, which has allowed the Catalan owners’ mid-century furniture to take centre stage

The inviting rooms of this Verbier chalet are a masterclass in artful fusion, as designer Vanessa Macdonald has brought together English and Alpine influences, antique and contemporary pieces, and texture and pattern to create a cleverly coherent whole

When stylist Nora Eisermann and her photographer wife Laura Muthesius acquired a neglected former schoolhouse in the north German countryside, it took a gut renovation to transform it into the calmly beautiful retreat it now is

Creating a rustic retreat from her busy Madrid design practice, Belén Domecq has used natural materials, traditional textures and a palette of sandy and ochre tones to evoke a sense of the surrounding landscape

After years of renting houses for family holidays, Shiro Muchiri decided to establish a more permanent base in Tuscany and, by combining two dilapidated dwellings on a sprawling estate, has created a harmonious home worthy of its spectacular setting

In an extract from 'Jacques Grange: Recent Work' by Pierre Passebon, we visit the Portuguese village of Comporta, where the designer has created a holiday idyll in the local vernacular.