Inspiration is the feeling of light and motivation that you get when you see, hear or encounter something that drives you to create. This is especially pertinent in the world of high-end interior design, where there are endless possibilities and the need for a direction; inspiration serves as a guide.

This collection of exquisite case studies has been brought together as an example of the different ways in which high-end interior design can manifest and combine modern luxury to produce classy, timeless spaces that remain as practical as they are lovely. There are similar themes throughout, a common thread, as well as unique individual features, all of which serve as the ideal place from which to take inspiration.

Why High-End Interior Design requires inspiration?

High-end interior design is luxury manifested in an aesthetic, and that’s a hard thing to pin down. It’s a deeply personal choice which can vary vastly from person to person.

First of all, inspiration is something shared between the client and the design team to enable them to communicate in the visual style of design work. Using collected inspiration to share a vision is an excellent way for a client to share their wants and needs, and for the designers in turn to share their thoughts and ideas. This exchange of material can also inspire each other, as any interior design project is a collaborative relationship.

Additionally, the backbone of art is inspiration. In creating that luxury feeling and that modern aesthetic together, the design could be anything. Inspiration provides a direction, a goal, a dream for the future of this design and acts as a stepping stone in the evolving process of high-end design.

4 High End Interior Design projects that deliver inspiration

David Kleinberg’s Hampton’s Home

High ceilings and multiple big windows create a light, bright living room space in David Kleinberg’s Hampton’s home. White walls and an inclined shiplap ceiling of the same colour make the space into an airy canvas that hosts choice minimalist art and statement furniture on a La Manufacture Cogolin raffia rug. Two Richard Serra prints frame the doorway, through which an Alejandra Laviada photograph hangs on a pale grey wall. The space enjoys rich wood tones in the mahogany cabinet by Paul László, the twin French Art Deco zebra wood side tables and the Art Deco armchairs covered in a Rogers & Goffigon fabric, upholstered by Anthony Lawrence-Belfair.

The cool nature of the white set provides a calm, bright and modern canvas for the bold design exhibited in the furniture, bringing the art deco choices into the 21st century with careful, effortless style. The rich wood tones and the textures and dressing provided by features like the Homesense throw and the sofa cushions create a warm, welcoming space to relax and enjoy the afternoon in the light streaming through the beautiful windows.

Ray Booth and John Shea’s Nashville Home

The standout feature in this space is the black window frames that create the entire right wall of glass, looking downhill over greenery. The living room is demarked in the open plan space by a light wood on ceiling, dark glossy floorboards, and a screen to the left, demarking the edge of the zone before it meets a space with a different purpose. A classic powder blue Minotti four-seater sofa faces the windows: the view is definitely the feature of this room. The centre of the room is dedicated to a white carpet from the Stephanie Odegard Collection, which is surrounded with three other white chairs, a Robert Lighton wooden side table from rich, dark wood and an unobtrusive open fireplace. A matching powder blue Minotti chaise longue and a caretully placed throw of the same hue make the only colour in the room pop against the whites and woods of the modern industrial take.

The room really brings you to the outside with a dedicated focus drawing from the low sofa to the floor to ceiling windows over the hillside. The industrialism of the window frames and for example, the Christophe Delcourt floor lamp juxtaposed against the wood tones and the view outside, which gives the space an edgy feel, exceptionally well balanced by the soft use of colour and comfortable furnishings bringing the harsh lines and industrial feel and the softness of carpets, cats and couches together in harmony.

Suzanne Kasler’s Atlanta Home

The first impression of designer and decorator Suzanne Kasler’s living room in Atlanta is the impact of the regency style – notably without the excessive opulence that defined the regency period. The warmth exuded by the space is the result of a carefully chosen colour palette of cream, beige and white, making the living room a gentle and inviting environment. Floor to ceiling curtains frame balcony doors, glowing a pale gold as the light comes through. The light flooding through the doors sings in this space even on an overcast day, speaking to the textural velvet in the seating and the warm gatherings held in this room. Kesler enjoys the use of grey undertones, evidenced in the grey recency style armchair and the Beauvais Carpets rug reflecting echoes of the tone around the room.

The way this design tempers the ostentatious nature of regency styling by creature opulence in a subtle, textural way is inspirational. The velvet in the seating and the use of the tall, gold framed mirror and floor length curtains offer a modern ode to the recency period in an updated and classy way, whilst careful features keep the design down to earth. The brilliant use of the acrylic side tables by Nancy Corzine adds a shine in nod to regal glamour, whilst offering a strikingly modern material to a historic space. The entire space abides by this rule, toning down opulence to classy luxury and enhancing modernity with brilliantly audacious pieces and vivacious pops of colour in bright flowers.

Robert Adams Townhouse in Regent’s Park

A classic Regent’s Park home proposes a design that stays utterly true to the airy old London style whilst flawlessly incorporating the modern – classy and classic. This project was fully project managed with Design management and FF&E services delivered upon by SP3 London. Making the most of the exceptional high ceilings, the room revels in the space it has, and full height Juliet balcony doors allow daylight to flood the space, even under the dull English sky. Two cream sofas and an armchair meet around a low, dark coffee table, centred upon a traditional low fireplace, and the wall’s main feature, an enormous, gilded mirror. The visual star of the space is an architectural faux-candle chandelier dripping in glass pendants, located at the centre of the beautifully crafted ceiling. The role of colour in this space is pivotal, with dark curtains bearing large wide stripes of a similar hue dressing the windows from top to bottom, and a similar dark tone only being reflected in the coffee table and two slim side tables in recesses either side of the calmly opulent fireplace. The deep colour of the lampshades is the only real colour in the room, echoed in the three sofa cushions in a regal nod to the historic space.

In a distinctly English style, the room is focused on symmetry and grouping, both directly and indirectly. The two side tables aside the fireplace and mirror are set up utterly symmetrical, and the curtains draped perfectly in their even pairs reflect the same sentiment. The sofas come in a pair, although not directly symmetrical, are each in themselves dressed to have a line of symmetry down the centre of each piece. The round side table between the sofas has the lampshade colour reflected in the armchair opposite, and all lines lead back to the focal point at the centre of the room. There’s a reassuring sense of certainty and confidence about the bold angular design, softened by colour and dressing in an age old English way.

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High End Interior Designs that Deliver Inspiration