Episode Twenty: Emma Burns

Episode Twenty: Emma Burns

28 April 2025

On today’s episode, join Patrick as he sits down (slightly starstruck) with the doyenne of décor herself, Emma Burns. The pair meet at her home, The Dovecote: a 19th-century building that her family transformed from derelict and dirty to a design masterclass. 

Their conversation meanders from an unfortunate incident with a carpet and a tin of gloss paint to the possibility of dyeing her pug blue (safely, of course). Through it all, runs a golden thread of decorating — as you’d expect from the Managing Director of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler, the illustrious interiors firm Emma has been part of for 40 years. 

Join this captivating conversation between two colour experts below. 

Grounding Bancha to chic Wet Sand, discover Emma’s colour choices below.

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