"It's the Backbone of a More Unique and Idiosyncratic Home" — Designer Pandora Taylor on the Style Trick That'll Imbue Your Rooms With Theatrical Awe

A young woman with dark straight hair stands before a series of bespoke, whimsical headboards in rose, green, and aquamarine tones while wearing a loose white shirt and silver trousers in a workshop.

Had French director known of interior designer Pandora Taylor when writing his surreally beautiful film The Science of Sleep, chances are she would have got a production design credit for it. Or so the ethereal and nostalgic aesthetic of her residential projects leads me to think.

Established in the British capital in 2018, her namesake practice takes pride in bridging old-world charm with the contemporary scene's finest materials and techniques. The balance between past and present isn't the only one Taylor has taught herself to straddle seamlessly in her work, each of her commissions a bridge between the textural nature of country house interiors and the sophistication of the Big Smoke's most coveted hangouts.