CUTTING A RUG

Even during Sweden's famously long and bitter-cold winter, the dining room at Beata Heuman’s 18th-century family farmhouse bursts with life thanks to the hand-painted mural of tulips, lilies, dahlias, and fruit trees—all a nod to flora on the property grounds, much of it planted by her mom. Now, the AD100 designer has teamed up with the British wall covering brand de Gournay to bring that tableau (ever so slightly tweaked) into production. Heuman says of the collaboration, which also includes Delft Folly, her riff on the classic Dutch blue-and-white tiles. degournay.com

- MAYA IBBITSON

Using carpets as upholstery fabric is, in David Netto’s words, “a very Napoleon III thing.” History, he's right, brims with examples. Antique kilim chairs come to mind, as does Freud’s couch. “The last person to do this was probably some Rothschild in the 19th century—or maybe Mongiardino,” quips the AD100 designer, who is now giving th