Showstoppers

How to style your space with colour, pattern and texture. By SAM WYLIE-HARRIS

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IT CAN take a lot of vision and imagination to make a big impact and elevate a room’s aesthetic from straightforward to spectacular.

And for Benjamin Reynaert, magazine editor, stylist and regular contributor to publications such as Elle Decor and House Beautiful, more is more... and then some.

Browse his Instagram account (@aspoonfulofbenjamin) and the posts feature interiors saturated with colour, splendid backdrops and beautiful artwork and fabrics.

Evidently, it resonates with his 126,000 followers... and it was only a matter of time before Benjamin merged these artistic flourishes into his first book, The Layered Home, in which he steps inside the spaces of some of his favourite tastemakers.

Here, he explores the interior of India Holmes’s house in north London, where the designer and textile expert has made her signature mark. “India has lived in a world of colour, pattern, and play since she was little. It’s built into her outlook on the world, and expressed through her work as a designer and creator,” writes Benjamin.

“She's always interested in fresh options for how her home can look; rooms are spaces for embracing change and instilling opportunities for purposeful inquisitiveness.”