This is what I learned from my mother and nine major interior designers

There are elements of taste – and therefore interior design – that are seemingly innate. Images, stored in the mind’s eye conjure up an impression of ‘home’, whether that’s the pattern in a hearth rug, the colours of the South African veldt, or a table set with particular china. “For the first three years of my life, I never stopped crying,” says Emma Burns. “My mother would push…