Kya deLongchamps hails the bold entrepreneur with an eye to refine the exquisite with the homely, Estrid Ericson of Sweden, founder of Stockholm retailer, Skenskt Tenn.

The Creative Home by Geraldine James is written in five simple chapter divisions, based around different parts of the house and their functions in family life – where you cook and eat; relax and socialise; work and create; sleep and bathe; and store things.