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After last year’s ‘fraction of a festival’, the event is packed with post-pandemic punch
Prime open-plan properties with features including floor-to-ceiling windows, floating stairs and freestanding fireplaces
As we spend more time at home, the classics of the ’70s are back to show us how to meld cosiness with glamour
A polymath whose sensual, immersive approach has inspired a generation to take interiors seriously
Jacqueline Bishop’s alternative dinner service brings history starkly to life
‘If you’re not too fussed about provenance or rarity, choose things that aesthetically speak to you and you can’t live without’
We are inordinately attached to these markers of ego and past selves. But in truth they can undermine — rather than underline — identity
Artwork and valued possessions should be on display. Follow interior designer Philip Mitchell’s tips for styling a traditional room as a backdrop
Four new titles take us inside some captivating interiors
Start the new academic year with these smart offerings
After an enforced two-year hiatus, the furniture fair is hoping to ride the popularity for home makeovers
‘Personally I’m having an Arthurian moment. If it’s decorated with crossed swords or prancing unicorns, I’ll take it’
The musician fills his home with furnishings by the ‘Wicked Earl’ Edward William Godwin
The interior designer’s London townhouse has been the blueprint for an ever growing global empire
It has evolved from back-room scullery to housewife’s hell to today’s sleek open-plan space, where cooking is about performance
Replicate that cosy, illicit, Prohibition-era feel with hazy light, dark wood and jewel-box colours
Gadgets for modern living that help conserve water and power
His Factory Records album sleeves brought international design concepts to drab 1970s Britain. His new rugs and curtains are similarly adventurous
A pandemic-related surge of downsizing has led to a new industry with professionals paid to sift through your belongings
Make your garden work harder with curated living spaces, family games and the quirkiest home-office pods
Use colourful, patterned fabrics to add character — and a sense of fun
Banish the thought of a staid rectangle of wood or glass
‘A silver toast rack? I’m more of a toast piled high on a chipped old plate kind of guy’
‘I rather long to do a downstairs loo or a corridor in black lacquer. Imagine the mysterious, magical depths’
A new museum will honour the spare, elegant pieces made by the 19th-century religious community enjoying a recent vogue
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