as a decorator, sheringham designed the music room at 40 devonshire house, london; a series of paintings for seaford house, london, for the 8th baron howard de walden (also baron seaford) to illustrate his celtic poem, "the cauldron of anwn"; the ballroom at claridge's hotel; and the paris exhibition of 1937. he also created commercial designs used in home decorations. when, in 1936, the royal society of arts established the prestigious royal designers for industry distinction, sheringham was one of its first recipients in 1937. sheringham also became known as a designer of fans.