Interior design ideas: home is where the art is - in pictures

The usual rules of colour don’t apply to this three-bedroom maisonette. Oranges, reds and yellows feature prominently, side by side. In the sitting room, a mustard-yellow 1970s reproduction club chair sits alongside a red sofa and chair from Heal’s. The screenprint above the fireplace is by artist Rob Ryan. Photograph: Jan Baldwin

The Formica kitchen is inspired by the burnt copper of a Le Creuset pan, matched by a rich brown flagstone floor. Worktops are former school science benches, complete with graffiti. Photograph: Jan Baldwin

The home’s owners – Rosie Wolfenden, co-founder of jewellery design company Tatty Devine, and her husband Anthony, a freelance film editor – moved here a year ago. They've filled it with retro furniture, high-street finds and hand-me-downs, among them an elaborate rug hand-stitched by Wolfenden’s grandmother and a set of antique dining chairs from a great aunt. A vintage map (just seen) dominates the kitchen/dining area; Surface View sells similar Photograph: Jan Baldwin

In the living room, shelves are filled with quirky, colourful collections of retro ceramics, glassware and heirlooms, including Rosie's father's first pair of baby shoes. Photograph: Jan Baldwin

Kitchen tiles are by Rob Ryan, Wolfenden's friend and sometime collaborator. Photograph: Jan Baldwin

The hall is painted Marine Blue, by Little Greene. Photograph: Jan Baldwin

Three bedrooms mean friends can come to stay, a welcome change for the couple who previously lived in a one-bedroom flat. “The flat is great for parties and has a lovely fluid energy because you can access both floors from outside, and the inside spaces are open-plan,” Wolfenden says. “Being able to fill our home with friends is so important to me." Photograph: Jan Baldwin