'Don't be too fancy'

Interior designer Veere Grenney on casual decorating for the country and why a dark taupe transcends all situations

- By Rory Robertson

I love my home in the countryside. It’s a Palladian folly that’s layered with straw matting and has room for dirty Wellington boots and all the accoutrement of woolly dog ownership. It has a notably different feel to that of my flat in the city, which is a 6th-floor apartment in central London with mirror-like, lacquer-painted walls. This is because city and country living mean very different things to me, and, I imagine, to other people too.