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Farewell and thank you

This course has been 2 years in the making, and Rita thanks you for joining her on two projects that have been very close to her heart.

Course: The Advanced Guide to Interior Design

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Planning how you want to live

Join Rita in her studio as she takes you through some initial plans, and encourages you to ask yourself the key question when beginning any renovat...

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Planning the space

Getting the floorplan right is essential in any project. In this lesson Rita explains what additional considerations she factors into the planning ...

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Sequencing a project

Perhaps one of the most important lessons if you are facing a renovation, Rita shares with you the exact step-by-step process that she follows for ...

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Working to a budget

There is no escaping the fact that the budget is an enormous part of any project. It’s essential to gain as much understanding as you can of where ...

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The finer details

Once you have gone through the budgeting stage, and have established exactly what work is being done for what cost, you will now be looking at your...

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Before the renovation

Rita talks you through her home in London before any work is done, explaining the benefits of knowing somewhere really well before renovating, and ...

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Scheming the kitchen

Next up, Rita is tackling the kitchen decorating scheme. She uses existing curtains she already has as the starting point.

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Mixing and balancing patterns

A key skill when building a decorating scheme is the ability to combine different patterns, which can definitely be challenging. Rita discloses the...

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Designing the kitchen dining room

This was one of Rita’s main focuses of the entire project and a key reason for the renovation. She explains every detail that went into her design.

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Flooring and rugs

From choosing flooring, to communicating these choices to contractors and builders, Rita explains how to approach this aspect of a project.

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Scheming the living room and hall

Join Rita as she shows you exactly how she began to select fabrics for her new living room and hall.

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Working with architects

Architects and interior designers have very different roles, but there can also sometimes be crossover. Find out how to develop a fruitful working ...

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Running a project smoothly

With so many spinning plates, it can be difficult to keep a project on track. In this lesson, Rita will show you the methods and tools she uses to ...

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During construction

After years of planning and months of work, you are joining Rita on a site visit to Oxford Gardens as the construction phase is nearing completion.

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The installation - Part 1

Arguably the most exciting stage of a renovation, Rita invites you to join her on installation week and offers her invaluable tips for how to appro...

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The installation - Part 2

Rita gives words of reassurance, as not everything always turns out as you had intended.

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The kitchen dining room - Part 1

Rita welcomes you back to Oxford Gardens, where the work is now finally complete. Discover exactly how the plans came to life, and find out how to ...

Course: The Advanced Guide to Interior Design

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The welcoming hall

This is a completely new space that was created when Rita bought the neighbouring flats, and has been utilised by installing the staircase here.

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Lessons learnt from Oxford Gardens

An inevitable part of any renovation project is understanding what could have been done differently. Rita reflects on some of the lessons learnt fr...

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The inviting study

By extending into the side return of the property, Rita found room for a study. It was a completely new room, so in this lesson, she discusses how ...

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The airy primary bedroom

Next is Rita’s new primary bedroom, which took shape after the building work connected the newly acquired upstairs flat to her existing floor plan.

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The kitchen dining room - Part 2

Rita continues to take you through the kitchen, unpacking exactly how she achieved what a room that functions perfectly.

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The textured, light sitting room

Discover how a room that undergoes minimal structural changes can still be completely transformed with a fresh decorating scheme.

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The perfect downstairs loo

The renovation enabled Rita to gain a downstairs bathroom - something she was extremely excited by! As it’s a small room, it can be a really fun pl...

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The ideal shower room

The challenge with this room was its small size, but Rita used a few tricks to maximise the limited footprint.

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The recessed bathroom

Rita muses on the challenges of finessing a new layout, and sticking to your guns when it comes to enacting carefully thought through plans.

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The light, fun children's room

Children’s rooms can be really fun spaces to design, and Rita reflects on how wonderful it was to tie in some of her own plans with her daughter’s ...

Course: The Advanced Guide to Interior Design

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Tableware and vintage fabric: Red Chair

The finishing touches in a project can be just as important as the bigger decorating decisions - watch as Rita shows you how she shops for the piec...

Course: The Advanced Guide to Interior Design

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Antiques at Battle Brown

Leaving Garrison behind, you will now join Rita in Hudson, New York - a well known haunt for interior designers thanks to its plethora of antique s...

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Kitchen stores: Clove & Creek

One way to give a kitchen personality is to be mindful with how you fill it; Rita takes great pleasure in finding useful objects that are also beau...

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Shopping for art and sculpture

Taking a short walk down the street, the next destination is the shop and studio of artist Paula Greif, where Rita discusses her approach to buying...

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Introducing the advanced guide to interior design

Rita welcomes you to her second course, explaining how it will go deep into the interior design process by following her own home renovation from s...

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Decorating the kitchen

Typically kitchen’s tend to be rooms filled with hard surfaces and cold materials; Rita’s job in this project was to soften the room and make it fe...

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Designing a kitchen’s functions

As a highly practical space, there is a lot to consider when designing and decorating a kitchen. In this lesson, Rita will take you through some of...

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Adding layers in the summer sitting room

Learn about a technique that Rita uses in all of her projects to make a room feel bigger and more substantial.

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Sketching your rooms

You shouldn’t be put off getting your ideas for a room down onto paper - even if you don’t feel you’re the best at drawing. Rita encourages you to ...

Course: The Advanced Guide to Interior Design

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Rethinking the layout of a small bathroom

In every project, there is usually a room that proves to be tricky - be it due to the size, awkward architectural features or difficult proportions...

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The entrance hall

It can be easy to neglect the decoration of a hallway or entrance as they are largely transitional spaces, but paying them some attention creates a...

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Giving a kitchen personality

Find out which four elements Rita always incorporates into her kitchen designs to introduce warmth and character.

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The primary bedroom

At Garrison House, the primary bedroom incorporates some unusual architecture which Rita uses to her advantage.

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Laying out the winter sitting room

Using one of the house’s sitting rooms as an example, Rita begins by talking you through how to approach the very first stage of any room design - ...

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Colour and pattern in the winter sitting room

Determining how you want to feel in a space is important, and Rita discusses how this room needed to feel like a cosy retreat. Find out how she use...

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Adding the finishing touches to the winter sitting room

After establishing the layout and creating your decorating scheme, it’s crucial to consider the practical side of how a room might be used - learn ...

Course: The Advanced Guide to Interior Design

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Laying out the summer sitting room

For this lesson, you will be joining Rita in the summer sitting room - a space where it was more a case of tweaking and refining, than completely r...

Course: The Advanced Guide to Interior Design

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Furnishing the summer sitting room

With the layout largely unchanged, Rita explains how she transforms the room with more considered and elevated pieces.

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Creating comfort in the summer sitting room

There are many different elements that make a room comfortable and evocative to be in. During this lesson, Rita will take you through the various w...

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The Garrison House

Rita welcomes you to the second case study of the course, a project that has been close to her heart for a number of years. She explains how she wo...

Course: The Advanced Guide to Interior Design

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Advanced scheming principles

For this part of the course, Rita covers a couple of essential topics from her London studio. In this lesson, she shows you all the different dir...

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Lamps & lampshades

A key part of all the rooms Rita designs, she discusses her process for buying antique lamp bases as well as how she goes about pairing them with d...

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Finding your style part I

Rita helps you develop confidence by revealing how pieces of your history and childhood inform you, giving you foundations upon which to build your...

Course: The Ultimate Guide to Interior Design

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Laying out your rooms: a demonstration

Rita shows us how she creates her own floor plans.

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Planning for electrics

Following the right process can help you get the electrics in a project right the first time. Rita explains all the lessons she’s learnt by showing...

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The design process

Rita breaks down the process she uses, step-by-step, starting by asking a crucial question: how do you want to live?

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North farm walkthrough: the four-poster room

Rita takes you through how the four-poster room at North Farm came together.

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Laying out your rooms

Look deeper into how your rooms function as Rita takes you to her design studio for phase one of her design process: layout.

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Working with budgets

Through structuring her ‘budget and purse’ approach, Rita explains how you can squeeze the most out of your budget, as well as how a restricted bud...

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Meet Rita

To have the best possible experience whilst watching Rita's course, we recommend taking the virtual tour of North Farm farmhouse. Copy and paste th...

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The buying guide part 1: the auction house

Rita takes you to Tennant's Auction House in Yorkshire and shows you how to spot the pieces that are right for your home.

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Finding your style part II

Rita continues to draw out your personal style and taste.

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Working with fabrics

By breaking down various types of fabric Rita teaches you how to use texture in your designs. She also reveals a few of her go-to fabrics.

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Colour schemes: a demonstration

Discover how to put a colour scheme together in this demonstration, with Rita designing a room in real-time.

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North farm walkthrough part III: the bathroom

Rita takes you through one of the bathrooms at North Farm, decision-by-decision.

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The kitchen part I

Your kitchen is a room and should feel warm and soulful. Rita breaks down the lessons she’s learnt: layout, storage, mixing surfaces and heights, t...

Course: The Ultimate Guide to Interior Design

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The kitchen part II

In this lesson, Rita goes through her London kitchen and reveals the best places to save money when designing a kitchen.

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The bathroom

Bathrooms can easily become sanitised and utilitarian spaces. In this lesson, Rita explains why she often uses wood, standalone furniture and vinta...

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Working with paint

From years of experience, Rita explains how to get the best out of your decorators, from keeping a paint schedule to spotting a roller or brush fin...

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North farm walkthrough part II: the Schumacher room

Rita shows us the results of accepting the 'Schumacher challenge'!

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Lighting

By keeping her lighting simple Rita emphasises mood rather than design. In this lesson she reveals why lamps and lampshades are still the most plea...

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The sitting room

The sitting room is all about comfort, and in this lesson Rita teaches you how to bring comfort and luxury to your designs by following a few simpl...

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Colour schemes: Rita’s sitting room

Rita’s country house in Country Durham, North Farm, has been featured in Elle, The Times and The Independent. In this lesson, Rita explains exactly...

Course: The Ultimate Guide to Interior Design

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The buying guide part III: the homeware shop

Rita visits Daylesford, one of her preferred homeware shops and teaches how to pull the best pieces from their collection.

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Flooring & rugs

Suzanis, dhurries, flat weaves, berbers: Rita demystifies the world of rugs in this lesson and takes you through her go-to finishes for flooring.

Course: The Ultimate Guide to Interior Design

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Wall finishes & coverings

Rita runs through how she works with wallpaper and other specialist finishes while reminding you that the walls, though important, are the backdrop...

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The buying guide part II: the tile and stone specialist

Stone and tiles are a big-ticket item in your designs. Rita takes you to Lapicida, a stone specialist and explains how she often gets maximum impac...

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Pulling colours together

In this next phase of the process, Rita walks you through drawing a colour palette together, advises how to get options up on your walls without cr...

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China

For Rita, china and glass is an exciting way to add layers to a design. In this lesson she advises the best way to build a collection, as well as w...

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The laundry room

Rita breaks down what makes a great laundry room.

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Upholstery

Rita explains the technicalities of getting your upholstery right: percentage fill of cushions, ratio of feather to down, upholstering vs recoverin...

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Curtains & blinds

Curtains and blinds add real finish to a room, and Rita breaks down how she chooses fabrics and linings that finishes the room and hang well together.

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The buying guide part IV: the luxury shop

Rita takes you to one of her favourite boutique shops - Cutter Brooks - and explains that even if you can’t afford anything it’s always worth visit...

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The bedroom

Beds should be the core of a home: Rita encourages you to prioritise making your bed beautiful and comfortable, and reminds you that ‘when someone ...

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The spaces in-between

Rita reveals the opportunities presented by hallways, passages, landings and corridors, as well as her favourite methods of shelving.

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Picture hanging & framing

Hanging pictures is all about scale and finding the right wall. Rita runs you through the various different techniques she uses for laying out her ...

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North farm walkthrough part IV: the guest bedroom

Rita takes you through one of the guest bedrooms at North Farm, step by step.

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Final words & summary

Rita wraps up by explaining that waiting for your house to be finished misses the point that decorating and design is an ongoing process.

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Meet Butter

Butter welcomes you to the course and introduces the 3 case studies across the course: her own personal garden, a courtyard garden in North London,...

Course: Small Garden Design

Instructor: Butter Wakefield

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Redesigning a London garden

In this video, Butter introduces you to the garden of her client, Rita Konig. She also shows you how she uses mood boards in the design process and...

Course: Small Garden Design

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Rita Konig's garden walkthrough

Butter and Rita take a look around her finished garden and discuss why they made some of the design and planting choices that they did.

Course: Small Garden Design

Instructor: Butter Wakefield

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