Interior featuring <n>Annie Sloan</n> Chalk Paint. Photo by <n>Annie Sloan</n>.

A still life photograph by <n>Emmanuel Sougez</n>.

<n>Audrey Hepburn</n> as Holly Golightly with the cat <n>Orangey</n> in the 1961 film <n>Breakfast at Tiffany's</n>.

<n>Stained glass poppies</n> from the <n>California Home Book</n> (1982).

Plate XIII from <n>William Saville-Kent</n>'s 1893 book, <n>The Great Barrier Reef of Australia</n>.

God Jul / Merry Christmas! Photo by <n>Niki Brantmark</n> for <n>My Scandinavian Home</n>.

Detail of <n>Still Life with Cardoon, Francolin, Grapes and Irises</n> (1628) by <n>Felipe Ramírez</n>.

A wardrobe at <n>Villa Santo Sospir</n> painted by <n>Jean Cocteau</n>. Photo by <n>François Halard</n>.

<n>sidewalk flowers</n> by <n>Keaton Webb</n>.

Ikebana by <n>Mirei Shigemori</n>, 1935-36.

Wax <n>Cherry Candles</n> by <n>Nonnas Grocer</n>.

A kitchen in Milan designed by <n>Renzo Mongiardino</n> in 1984, featuring an artwork by <n>Pablo Picasso</n>. Photo by <n>Guido Taroni</n>.

Cover art for the book <n>Dikke kus, dag-dag</n> by author <n>Claire-Louise Bennett</n>.

A room in the <n>Académie de France à Rome - Villa Médicis</n>. Photo by <n>Francois Halard</n>.

<n>Night and Her Daughter Sleep</n>, a 1902 <n>Symbolist</n> painting by <n>Mary L. Macomber</n>.

A lace and ribbon detail from seller <n>veliora</n>.

Wabi-sabi interior of a St Tropez residence designed by <n>Stephane Boens</n>.

Artwork from the publication <n>The Young Questions #1</n>. Photo by <n>The Young</n>.

<n>An Allegory of Power</n> (1918) by Austrian painter <n>Georg Janny</n>.

A photograph from the <n>Flower Polaroids</n> series by <n>Mathieu Trautmann</n>.

<n>Candleholder</n> by <n>Alana Burns</n> from the <n>Inner Space</n> exhibition. Photo by <n>David Alhadeff</n>.

<n>Glass and Shadows</n> (c. 1905) by photographer <n>Adolph de Meyer</n>.

<n>Still life with fruit, oysters and a roman goblet</n> by Dutch artist <n>Cornelis Jansz de Heem</n>.

<n>Trompe l’oeil still life with flower and playing cards</n> from the <n>French School</n>, 20th century.

<n>No. 92</n> (1915), a <n>Symbolist</n> painting by Swedish artist <n>Anna Cassel</n>.

The London home of <n>Silka Rittson-Thomas</n>, photographed by <n>Simon Upton</n> for <n>The World of Interiors</n>.

Photo by <n>James Mortimer</n> for <n>The World of Interiors</n>, February 1992.

<n>The Swan, No. 1</n> (1915), a painting by Swedish artist <n>Hilma af Klint</n>.