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The interiors of Veere Grenney are shaped by three fundamental qualities: harmony, clarity, and balance. “Pared-down classicism, like that practiced in the early 19th century by the architect Sir John Soane, continually serves as inspiration,” says Grenney, who was a director at the prominent British decorating firm Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler before launching his own London-based company two decades ago. These days he’s fielding projects from Sweden to Connecticut, typically defined by lyrical juxtapositions that delight the eye—a lean modern armchair upholstered in a delicate blossom pattern, say, or a noble neoclassical dining room strikingly refreshed by the addition of a minimalist stone mantel and distressed-mirror chimney breast. The drawing room of an Oxfordshire estate, on the other hand, is furnished with little more than keenly tailored sofas and chairs set on rugged rush matting, their simple silhouettes allowing the architectural details to shine. Grenney also designs entrancingly graphic artisanal fabrics and wallpapers for Tissus d’Hélène. veeregrenneom

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