1 SPECIALIST: SCREENS

Mark Aldbrook of Paravent (07798-653208; www.paravent co.uk) specialises in all things do with screens, and has even written a book on the subject. He will source antique screens like this magnificent eighteenth-century Coromandel example; restore them, whether they be wood, textile or paper; or start from scratch to create a new trompe-I'oeil or painted version.

2 SOURCE: PINTO ACCESSORIES

Make a trip to Thomas Goode (020-7499 2823; www.thomasgoode.co.uk) and you can own a piece of Pinto design. These plates by Alberto Pinto for Raynaud cost from £44 for a dinner plate and come in three different colourways: coral, turquoise and brown, as here.

3 DESIGN NOTE FABRIC

Have you noticed that this zigzag linen velvet is just as at home in the country house featured in 'Essentially English' - on the ottoman in the drawing room - as it is in this slick London apartment? It is 'Rio' (beringela), 140cm wide, 44cm repeat, £212 per meter, from Colony Fabrics (020-73513232; www.colony fabrics.com).

4 IDENTIFIED: DESK LAMP

This is the iconic 'Ara' lamp, by Philippe Starck for Flos, 1988. In a chrome finish, 57cm high, it costs £440 from The London Lighting Co (020 7589 3672; www.londonlighting.co.uk).