The Christmas tree under the English Baroque style dome of St Paul’s Cathedral in London

The Queen’s Library at Marienburg Castle, Germany, featuring umbrella vault and decorative ceiling

Gaudí’s Casa Batlló in Barcelona, featuring window boxes of fuchsia flowers

Gilded and painted ceilings inside Spencer House, a historic mansion in St James’s, London

Contemporary rustic room with statement fireplace and handmade terracotta and stoneware vessels

Chateau in Belgium with timber spiral staircase, tiled floor, oil paintings and vaulted stone ceilin

Luxury desert landscape with upholstered outdoor sofas and ottomans by Royal Botania

The Patrika Gate in Jaipur, Rajasthan, featuring hand-painted murals and hand-carved wooden doors

Staircase, mosaic flooring, murals and columns in the Art Nouveau style at H?tel Tassel in Brussels

Chicago street with pink spring blossoms, clapboard house and pale blue picket fence

The central London skyline on a clear day, featuring St Paul’s Cathedral and modern skyscrapers

View of Manhattan, New York City featuring the Chrysler Building and cherry blossom

Intricately painted murals in maximalist entrance at Samode Palace Hotel in Rajasthan, India

Interior architecture with arches, opaline glass ceiling lights and raw plaster walls

Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest with mosaic tiled flooring, spiral staircase and circular balcony

Blue entrance hall at Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas with feature wallpaper and floral rugs

Decorative courtyard in Lisbon, Portugal with colourful glazed tiles and Moorish architecture

Covered courtyard in Copenhagen, Denmark with chequerboard floor, arched window and pilasters

Le Train Bleu restaurant at Gare de Lyon in Paris featuring ornate sculpture, cornicing and chandeli

Architectural installation at beachside restaurant terrace in Pilos, Greece with rippling fabric

Dining room with terracotta floor, houseplants, slipcover dining chairs, and leaded glass doors

Manhattan apartment designed by Kelly Behun with green silk sofa, contemporary armchairs and chandel

Imam Mosque in Iran featuring detailed decorative painting and Islamic architectural features

Dubai club designed by Dimore Studio featuring striped upholstery, statement rugs & giant houseplant

Blue entrance hall and staircase featuring decorative screen, splatter pattern carpet and mural

Romantic swimming pool at Le Riad Yasmine in Marrakech with turquoise tiles and striped sunbeds

Pink geometrical dreamscape with ancient statue inspired by La Muralla Roja architecture

Decorative building in Ljubljana, Slovenia with painted murals in terracotta, blue and burnt sienna

A joyful multicoloured mural in Porto, Portugal featuring oranges, reds and greens

A decadent scene with rug designed by Martin Brudnizki for The Rug Company

Aquazurra store in Florence, Italy featuring decorative ceiling and octagon-and-dot marble floor

Grand staircase in France with wrought iron balustrade, ceiling lantern and trompe l’oeil mural

Grand house in Chicago with sash windows, balcony and intricate iron balustrade

A detail from Samode Palace in Rajasthan with blue paint, wooden shutters and intricate decoration

Multi-coloured tiled corridor with graphic, symmetrical patterns

Dilapidated former theatre in Detroit with ornate plaster mouldings and faded colours

Sag Harbour boot room designed by Katie Leede with rattan chair and seashell motifs

Frescoes at Villa Catignano in Siena featuring trompe l’oeil imagery of foliage and columns

Elegant kitchen in neutral tones and natural materials with built in shelving and kitchen island

The Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles in France, designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart

Salon in Malta designed by Francis Sultana with statement painting, striped sofa and ottomans

Images of decorative painted walls in blue and yellow palette at a palace in Lucknow, India

Hallway in Manchester’s Victoria Baths with original Edwardian tiling and mosaic floor

Images of decorative painted walls in blue and yellow palette at a palace in Lucknow, India

Image from the Dalí House in Catalonia with secret bookcase, taxidermy and oriental parasol

Staircase hung with multi-coloured glass lighting by Magic Circus Editions

Staircase at the Hoxton Hotel with tiled floor, wood panelling and glass-fronted bookcase

a staircase with its huge fairytale forest mural and the leopard print stair runner

Multicoloured marbled panelling in an arched hallway in Vienna

A whimsical Wes Anderson-style pink church in Vietnam with yellow garlands