““Harriet is an incredible designer with a wealth of experience and a natural intuition for all things visual and design-related. As a designer from a related discipline, I have absolute trust and respect in her abilities””

““Wonderfully original, always exciting and full of wit. Her background and experience in fashion (she has consulted for the likes of Anna Fendi and Yohji Yamamoto) has influenced her use of colour, composition and silhouette. She has masterminded the renovation of several large houses with a very contemporary eye””

““She knows the importance of the quality of small things; a handle on a door, a switch on a wall. The parts of an interior that we touch every day are the parts we see every day and remind us if we love or hate where we are, if it works or grates. It shows attention to detail, a love of what she does and a wish for the client to continue to love their home long after she has torn up the snagging list and gone home””

““As well as having a fantastic eye and a generous spirit, Harriett is surrounded by a wonderful network of like-minded architects, artists, creators and makers””

““Harriet Anstruther knows how to rhyme with a room, in a way. She listens to spaces and objects and people, coaxing from them the stories they most want to tell — personal stories, timeless stories, clever or irreverent or wicked stories. Their singular, resonant truths, the things they were most meant to say. The results, inevitably wrought from feeling and memory and affection, are their very best version of themselves. Harriet is an artist and a poet and a magician and a dreamer and a rascal — and she is extraordinary””

““Harriet is a true poet who understands the past, the present and the future. She has a rare curatorial eye and the ability to bring together objects from different eras and narratives with vision and sensitivity, bringing spaces alive. She has an understanding of fashion, art, product and architecture and I love her extraordinary eye for detail””

““Her ease and generosity magics all things bountiful everywhere one looks, tastes and touches. Her gift of giving, makes it all too easy to take - Shamelessly””

““Harriet’s designs are as wondrous as is her personality, whilst selflessly sympathetic to the process of merging of the site’s inherent properties to her Client’s particular needs – a rare and precious talent””

““I have always thought Harriet is one of the coolest people I have ever met.  Her outlook on Interior Design and the way she goes about projects is always so fresh and inspiring””

““Harriet Anstruther’s scarves, their neo-romantic patterns recalling the drawings of Cecil Beaton and Christian Bérard””

““Harriet’s design practise spins idyllic narratives with an uncomplicated beauty and a reverence for both the past and the present. Founded in artisanship and a pure joy in materials, Harriet’s wicked sense of humour can place the vernacular alongside the wildly sophisticated to produce work that is unstuffy, inspired and mirrors the clients inner world.”

““Harriet Anstruther’s work is respectful of architectural history, yet unafraid to take decorating risks. The rooms she designs are always elegant but never stuffy, full of surprises, and supremely comfortable””

““Working with Harriet is a real joy. She has a beautifully elegant sense of style and a real passi­on for making every space and every detail excep­tional””

““Wherever you look, traditional is engaged in conversation with modern, old furniture and art with new, and bold colors with white walls””

““Harriet’s projects stitch together restoration and classic modern design; the 20’s hang out with the Edwardians, everyone is invited, just as long as you are well turned out. Her confidence and her playful nature with design allows rooms to be fun without the ridiculous, smart without dullness and most importantly a place you would want to be””

““Harriet Anstruther has a wonderfully bold eye, and very good taste. An excellent combination””

““My favourite Harriet world is the Sussex farmhouse. Entering here is crossing the divide into magical thinking. A rich narrative skilfully constructed around the old timber bones. A place to dream with its own beguiling logic””

““In the skilled hands of Harriet Anstruther, a pattern is brought to the chaos, an hospitable order to the contradictions…to create a series of unexpected spaces for serious entertaining, stimulating working or superior everyday living””