Fiona de Lys and Lantern Cottage in The English Home, November 2025 issue

Discover my approach to interior colour in the November 2025 issue of The English Home

Fiona de Lys and Lantern Cottage in The English Home, November 2025 issue

My recent appearance in the Nostalgia ‘soulful homes’ video series

In summer 2025, the Nostalgia film team invited me to be a part of their independent documentary series. Nostalgia create visual poems that capture the beauty and intimacy of a person’s space. To accompany the home footage, I invited them to Liguria, my Italian homeland, to hunt for trompe l’œil and show them the local towns where my deeper connection with colour lies.

I hope the video helps explain my roots, my inspiration, and my abiding love of colour.

Produced by Lena Khokhlova and filmed by Ilya Ilyukhin.

EARLY 2026 WORKSHOPS

Delysian Colour System training

I offer training in my unique Delysian Colour System. The training is split into two workshops:  Part 1: Aesthetic Narrative, and Part 2: Colour Perspective.

Contact me if you’d like advice on my workshops.

SAVE 20% in 2026

Take my new part 1+2 course bundle, which gives you 20% OFF the part 2 course.
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Part 1

Aesthetic Narrative

25 April, 27 June, 18 July

A day exploring how colour reframes the interaction with an interior space. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll examine the combined roles of visual information, personal bias and creativity for producing the foundation of a colour scheme.

Discover how to apply colour as a communication tool and for shaping behaviour and experience, as you delve into what constitutes an ‘aesthetic narrative’. Learn more about curating colour with meaning and purpose for creating unique spaces to live in that, ultimately, help regulate the nervous system.

Part 2

Colour Perspective

16 May, 28 June, 19 July

Discover the principles of treating colour as a moving, organic element, focusing on combinations that are grounded in the natural phenomena of highlight and shadow, for more advanced colour appreciation.

In this hands-on workshop, using my proprietary Delysian Colour System and real-life examples, you’ll practice working with colour in a three-dimensional way. You’ll learn how to apply hues more broadly to transition harmoniously between rooms, and surfaces with measureable, light-informed sensibilities that enhance a scheme.

Part 1+2 bundle (20% OFF)

Aesthetic Narrative + Colour Perspective bundle

Two dates chosen by you at time of booking

New for 2026: book part 1 and 2 of my DCS training at the same time and save 20% on part 2.

A completely unique approach to colour education with combined learning methods of experience, theory, and practice, applied over your chosen study duration.

Discover how heritage, place and identity can inform schemes that make unique and nostalgic spaces to live in, as you interact with the colours and aesthetic of my Georgian cottage. Using your own case study, you will then produce a narrative profile and map, applying the principles taught in part 1 of the Delysian Colour System, to make your scheme.

Then, at a later date, complete part 2 workshop on how to read colour in a three-dimensional way, focusing on combinations that are grounded in the natural phenomena of highlight and shadow. Learn how to apply the principles of colour perspective and placement to advance your Aesthetic Narrative scheme using designer fabrics and other surface materials.

Let’s start your colour transformation

Email me direct or call +44 (0)7443 429614

Personalised colour palette wheel by Fiona de Lys, interior colour consultant

In-person consultations

Colour consultations, where I visit you in your own home, start from £245. Find out more about the process.

Personalised colour palette wheel by Fiona de Lys, interior colour consultant

Virtual consultations

Zoom appointments, at a time to suit you, start from £35 and last about 30 minutes.

International reach

I work with clients in the UK, and all over the world, on existing homes, to plans or with CAD visuals.

Chantal Gelb

“We were thrilled with Fiona’s service. She unlocked our aesthetic narrative and guided us toward a palette of colours we wouldn’t have had the confidence to choose, and we absolutely love it. She brings an innate perceptiveness, attention to detail and understanding of colour, with extensive knowhow and experience.”

Jo Elliot

“Within an hour of arriving at the house, Fiona had analysed the structural detailing and lighting plan of our cottage. After listening patiently to my haphazard thoughts, she helped plan the entire paint scheme brilliantly, whilst considering how colours respond to light throughout the morning. I was thrilled with her choices. Her help was invaluable.”

Josephine Corbett

“Joy. Thank you so much for today. It really was such a treat for me and I feel so excited getting it all done. I’m even warming to the lavender in the kitchen — the sky was full of it this evening, and I started noticing it everywhere! All so exciting. Thank you.”

Private client

“Fiona is a marvel. Her colours come together in a beautiful symphony. She really takes the time to consider the narrative of a home and its inhabitants to conjure a beautiful palette fit for their story. We had such a fun morning building the layers; it was a treat to see it all come together under her expert eye.”

Kate M

“Fiona’s choice of colour palette was inspired by her creativity but was also thoughtful and considered. Most uniquely, she showed a real desire to bring our project to fruition, and took as much care and interest as if it were her own.”

Annabel K

“Fiona has a reassuring confidence when it comes to understanding colours, with an eye that observes the light and surroundings. I was so glad that I decided to employ her services. It has definitely not only saved us from potential mistakes, but improved on our choices, as we juggled things around and added some exciting combinations of paint colours.”

Carla

“What a fun experience it was meeting with you to help enliven my home through colour! Every time I walk through the rooms with all the different colours you’ve helped me pick, it enriches my day-to-day life. To see all those vibrant paints, and how well they all go together is something I would never have been able to do myself. I’m very grateful.”

Private client

“The use of colour to make a home flow inspired my desire to use Fiona’s services, and so I invited her to my recently renovated Queen Anne home in Wiltshire. The array of colours and ideas that she brought to the project has totally transformed my home into one that I would never have thought possible.”

Valentina S

“Working with Fiona has been a wonderful experience from the very start. She is a poet of interiors, and when talking about colour and style, it was as if she was connecting to my essence — to inspire and create what I was longing for.”