May 2024

Living Etc

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The New Pretty
Did you notice the decor mood shift slightly a couple of years ago? It was when curved sofas became the most covetable piece of furniture I could imagine, as they symbolised a sense of comfort, smartness, elegance. I could picture using them to enter
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The New pretty
The New Pretty aesthetic is a fresh and invigorating take on classic themes. Delicate tones, muted pastels and curved edges have been around before, but this look – where ruffles, sheers and movement combine with a dash of 90s modernism – creates an
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Woven Furniture
Are you a maximalist? If so, then the Zigzag collection of seating by Bangkok design studio Touchable is for you. Made from leftover yarn, which is woven around a metal frame, the chairs’ unique silhouettes and vivacious palettes come together in a b
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News & Views
French modern furniture giant Ligne Roset has launched a new collection – but keen design historians might have seen these pieces, or a version of them, before. Unveiled in Paris in January, the collection revisits the work of Pierre Guariche, an emb
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Haute Tiles
We’re seeing a return to traditional and time-honoured craftsmanship in the spring collections and Iris Ceramica’s new line, Bottega d’Arte, is a special example. Designed to celebrate the beauty and versatility of red clay, it features tiles with a
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Wash Up Well
If you haven’t yet seen one of the hypnotic videos showing waterfall sinks in action, we encourage you to seek one out. Perfect for all tasks from rinsing vegetables to cleaning burnt pans, this stylish addition is well worth considering for your nex
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Mighty Matches
Artist Lauri Hopkins’ exclusive abstract designs are created using a combination of Graphenstone paint and collaged collected materials, such as book covers, sweet wrappers and cardboard. Lauri draws her inspiration from the materials she finds, usin
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Modern Chintz
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Right At Home
in its first few years, WOW!house at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour has made quite a splash. Names including Maddux Creative, Natalia Miyar, Clare Gaskin and Tala Fustok have turned their hand to creating schemes – and this year, it’s over to a new c
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Pattern At Play
BIG MURAL-STYLE PATTERNS MAKE A STATEMENT – DESIGNER CLARE GASKIN EXPLAINS HOW TO CURATE THE LOOK CORRECTLY ‘I always try to find an excuse to bring colour and pattern into the design of a home, so the fact that large-scale mural-esque wallpapers are
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Wall To Wall
Wallpaper elevates a room entirely,’ says Charlotte Cosby, Farrow & Ball’s creative director. ‘It brings in pattern and allows you to indulge in something quite maximalist or, on the other hand, more tonal. It certainly adds depth, especially in a sp
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Emerging Icons
Lacquered Allure O’ table by Monica Armani, 2021 ‘For Allure O’ table I designed light, precise, harmonious and lasting volumes that register in a person’s memory and evoke the fantastic glamour of the 1960s,’ says Monica Armani of her design, which
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Take It All In
award-winning designer David Dolcini started his career at Luceplan and now regularly designs for some of the biggest Italian brands such as Arflex and Porada. His work has a timeless and relaxed quality to it and is just perfect for how we live now.
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The Big Reveal
As well as being decorative, an accent reveal can be used to help zone anything set against it. In this Spanish home, designed by and for the founders of interior design studio Casa Josephine, a painted chequerboard in the window reveal extends out o
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Houses
Staircases are the new status symbol. An elegant curve that perhaps ends in a flick, a soft whirl, a gleam of metal. The elevated former unsung hero that – in most of the homes we now feature – takes centre stage of an entire house design. In this sp
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You Heard It Here First
for me, it’s a year of metal experimentation!’ said the interior designer Angus Buchanan, co-founder of Buchanan Studio. ‘We have lots of stainless steel products in the pipeline and we are looking at using Corten steel on projects as wall cladding.
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Two Of a Kind
In the extension, the architects played with the idea of how solid materials, like the concrete here, create a sense of historical permanence. Originally built in the 1880s, this Victorian house is ingrained with history and character. Its renovation
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Cool Operator
‘This is the calming relaxation spot. The idea was for this space to be minimal in appearance while being able to host a group of friends and family,’ says Margaux. A TV, disguised as art, hangs on the wall. ‘Along with our architectural collaborator
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Natural Instinct
Stone and oak elements combine to create an earthy feel. The pared-back units melt effortlessly into the space. A bespoke wall-hung leather backrest is designed as an ergonomic seating solution, as well as adding warmth to the exposed brick wall. ‘We
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Head In The Sky
Demarcated by a decorative ceiling motif designed by Studio MILO, this spot with its Calacatta marble table is the perfect place to have dinner in the clouds. Studio MILO kept the existing cabinetry, adding custom sliding doors so it can be separated
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Art Lesson
Even the furnishings in the apartment have an artistic quality – like the plaster, paper, pulp and steel ceiling pendants and custom curved consoles featured here. ‘For this room, the owners had a very clear vision of an all-black space, filled with
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All Good Things
The plan was not to compete with the home’s Spanish Revival architecture but instead to ‘respect it and bring it to life by playing off its colours and patterns’, says the interior designer Tamara Kaye-Honey. living in a historically significant hous
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Decorating
You almost feel like you’re living it up on holiday with La Dolce Vita, the new collection from Mindthegap, which takes the coastlines of Italy – and historic palazzos of Venice – as its muses. This is not a collection for minimalists: the patterns a
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Colour Decoded
When it comes down to it, this is a white room, but that small percentage of colour shakes the space’s soul. Brightness is carefully speckled around like magic dust, until, hello, we’re in the land of colour and the contemporary. The creamy backdrop
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Book Club
‘Even if a client doesn’t read books, there’s still something desirable about being surrounded by them, with their smell and colourful spines lining a wall. Even if a reading nook doesn’t get regular use in a home, it still serves to provide a cosy a
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Heart And Soul
The American interior designer and TV personality Jeremiah Brent is on a mission to do away with soulless, decorate-by-numbers homes, and instead to inject them with personal significance, memories and the space to be truly ourselves. His new book, T
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Little Black Book: Outdoor Tables
We always like to mix contemporary pieces with found objects – there’s nothing better than the aged charm of an antique. Lorfords is a great resource for finding unique items and giving them a new purpose – for example, turning a weaved basket or cop
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The Spotlight: What To Buy Now
Who knew a coatstand could double up as a piece of art? If anyone could give this workaday piece a new lease of life, it’s Zanotta. Part of the collection launched last year, the Sciangai clothes stand, originally designed in 1973, is foldable and ad
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Global Outlook: Interiors Report
On a recent visit to Schumacher’s new SoHo office, Marian McEvoy, a real hoot who made her name as a fashion editor in Paris and Manhattan for decades, walked me through her delightful collaboration with the NYC-founded brand. Nodding to the charmed
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The Go-to: Julian Chichester
It’s a Friday afternoon in Westchester, upstate New York, and the sun is baking. The air is thick like toffee and all the midges seem to be feasting on us. The house’s exterior is beautiful and grand and the clients are young and in their prime. My j
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Sourcebook
An exciting year awaits for LA-based Studio Woven – designers and curators of some of the most luxurious rugs we’ve seen. The brand has expanded to the UK this year with the launch of its first London gallery on Pimlico Road. Expect tailored, elegant
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IN THE KNOW kitchens & bathrooms
We love the splash of colour Officine Gullo added to this minimalist kitchen project in a villa on the Aeolian island of Filicudi. In an otherwise monochromatic space, the glossy green finish of the cooking range – housing an integrated sink, worktop
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Clever
The new mini islands from luxury Italian kitchen brand Cesar pack a lot of punch for their size. It’s a neat proposition: each of the four islands have different characteristics and functions. If you want space for food prep, the N_Elle in Rosso Lepa
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DESIGN FEATURE OF THE MOMENT built-in beds
Don’t stop with the bed itself: architects often incorporate built-in nightstands, doubling down on the bed’s seamless and dimensional look. Here, designers not only gave the bed levels by raising it on a concrete platform; they also added side table
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ARCHITECTURE NEWS ornamental facades
The brickwork of this urban dwelling in Vadodara, India, appears as though woven together, thanks to the intricacy of the patterns created within the building’s facade. Dreamt up by Manoj Patel Design Studio, the entire home looks to have been carved
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Lifestyle
After Salone del Mobile in Milan, the next style destination we turn our attention to is Clerkenwell Design Week (a decidedly different but equally vibrant location). From 21-23 May, this London hotspot hosts over 600 events and 160 showrooms and 300
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Hotel hotlist
An impeccably stylish, incredibly welcoming central London hotspot with sustainability at its core. This hotel’s environmental credentials are clear: flooring is made from fallen trees on the Windsor Estate, bathroom tiles are made from Welsh slate,
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Next Big Thing
I discovered Mingyu Xu’s work at last year’s London Design Festival before connecting with him via Instagram. His designs had both a visual immediacy and an intricacy that pulled me in further. To me, his work represented a complete vision. I enjoyed
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See You In Cape Town
The weather, let’s be frank. Cape Town has so many appealing factors – it’s pretty much on the same time zone as the UK, the exchange rate works in our favour and it’s known for its amazing array of vineyards. But the weather! Well, you just can’t be

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