LOYALTY OATH. British design star Kit Kemp keeps transforming her beloved London

house for the better, one renovation after another. Photography by Simon Upton.

Page 84: In the Master bedroom, the headboard, cushions and quilt are made of Ashenwood in spring, designed by Kit Kemp for Chelsea Textiles, embroidered by hand using English wool.

Page 85: Above. A seating area in the linen-wrapped Master bedroom, featuring an antique bergère chair upholstered in Ashenwood in spring.

Page 88 & 89: Design notes. The details that make the look. In a guest room, the bedside table and the end of bed caned bench are both from Chelsea Textiles, part of their Traditional furniture collection, hand carved and hand painted. Bottom left: The featured cupboard is part of the English country furniture collection by Chelsea Textiles. Moondog hand embroidered cushion designed by Kit Kemp for Chelsea Textiles, shown here on customer's own ground cloth.