After showing us around his home in Parsons Green, west London, interior designer Martin Brudnizki shares his personal house style.

How would you describe the interiors of your house?
It’s very eclectic. I enjoy collecting all kinds of things and bringing them together in an unexpected, yet harmonious way.

If there was a fire and you could only save one thing, what would it be?
I have a box full of family things from Sweden. Photos, books etc. – I would save that.

What was the last thing you bought for the house?
A classical column from Brownrigg which is the proud home to a miniature bust of Handel.

Where do you shop for your home?
I love Fiona McDonald, I can always find something there. For vases and tableware, you can’t go wrong with Svenskt Tenn, a great department store in Stockholm.

Top three coffee table books?
I like scrapbooks so anything with Cecil Beaton, Peter Beard or Baron de Cabrol.

If money was no object, what changes would you make?
I’d move out and buy a Queen Anne’s style pile in the country.

Less is more or more is more?
Personally, I prefer more. I like to surround myself with memories and artwork I love. I don’t understand people who have empty houses.

Design classics or contemporary pieces?
Growing up in Stockholm I was surrounded by design classics; my mother had impeccable taste and design classics became a fixture of our everyday lifestyle; we ate off Fornasetti plates, read under my grandfather’s Bauhaus lamps and had a beautiful sofa upholstered in Josef Frank fabric.

Today, I like to blend styles from all periods. In my flat, I’ve brought together a mid-century rosewood dining table and contemporary chairs with lots of modern artwork as well as colonial campaign chairs and bespoke furniture.

If you’re having people over for dinner, what do you cook?
I’ve got quite good at a roast rump of beef with all the trimmings.

What are the best things about the neighbourhood?
Exactly that: it has a real neighbourhood feeling. I can get anything I want there. There’s a butcher, grocer, florist and dry cleaners, and they all know me by name.