Buys and tips for joyfully designed homes

Playing with scale Robert Stilin, designer

ART SHOW

Designer Claire Delmar’s mix of the witty and the whimsical in a home that is also considered and functional for family life is a stroke of brilliance

How To... Keep A Renovation Budget Low

Ten experts share savvy ways to control costs when managing an interior redesign

news report

Design is going digital – yes, even more so than ever before. So what does virtual reality mean for how you’ll be decorating this year?

life.style.etc

Gynelle Leon, founder of PRICK, London’s first cacti and succulent shop, on her favourite garden, following her instincts and finding an upside in the pandemic

sartorial lead

Fashion designer Filippa Knutsson has brought a sense of lightness, fluidity and family functionality to this gorgeous Georgian terrace

serene dream

Architect Danielle Siggerud’s relaxed Copenhagen home celebrates the beauty of natural materials and tactile surfaces.

industrial luxe

The transformation of Gary and Keith’s home from period property to warehouse-style abode is amazing

in and out

THINGS TO DO, SEE AND HEAR – AT HOME OR OUTSIDE

how we work now

With more of us laying claim to box rooms as our office spaces, Rebecca Seal’s new book explains how a little improvement can enhance mood and productivity

good vibes

Designer Rayman Boozer creates colourful, upbeat and easy-going spaces – as perfectly showcased in his own abode

colour insight

INTERIOR DESIGNER NICOLA HARDING TALKS PERFECT PAINT FINISHES AND SPACE-ENHANCING STRATEGIES

What Does It Take To Build A Top-Notch Interiors Brand?

10 designers and creatives share their heard-it-here-first business secrets

Smoke and Mirrors

Everywhere you look in Alexandre and David’s seductive Paris apartment there is something to delight and intrigue

The tech list

The ‘It’ products, zeitgeist innovations and style-savvy ideas for 2021

House of cool

Milly and David’s Victorian terrace is the definition of pared-back hipness – a family home with a side order of style

Night and day

Designers Amanda Jesse and Whitney Parris-Lamb gave this New York loft a dual personality

Shine bright

Designer Patricia Bustos de la Torre has created an exuberant home that’s the perfect location for welcoming in the New Year

DESIGN PROFILE Kelly Wearstler

For someone with the moniker ‘the rock star of the design world’, internationally renowned designer Kelly Wearstler has a surprisingly free-spirited outlook on life, much of which can be attributed to the West Coast Beverly Hills locale she calls home.

In and out

THINGS TO DO, SEE AND HEAR – AT HOME OR OUTSIDE

House notes

PROPERTIES BIG AND SMALL THAT ARE RIPE FOR RENTAL

Chic goes cosy

The cool loft apartment of interior designer Laura Santos may have epic proportions but it’s still full of soul and warmth

10 Ways To Shake Up Seasonal Styling

Our panel of tastemakers reveal their decorating secrets

understated chic

All is calm in Solenne and Simon’s harmonious home, where French style meets English design under the roof of an elegant period terrace

paintbox

A FEW OF OUR FAVOURITE SHADES FOR A FRONT-DOOR REFRESH, PLUS PRACTICAL THINGS TO CONSIDER FROM THE EXPERTS

the holidays reimagined

Matthew Williamson explains how to be kind to yourself this Christmas while losing none of the season’s beauty or wonder

it's a cracker

Stylist Marianne Cotterill designed a home full of soul that packs a sensational seasonal punch

wild

A fantastical tale of foliage and flora to bring a feeling of abundance and celebration to the home this Christmas

turn up the style

BRING WINDOWS INTO SHARP FOCUS WITH POWER PATTERNS – FROM TESSELLATING DESIGNS TO ANIMAL MARKINGS AND EXUBERANT IKAT PRINTS

the life of a legend

Celebrating Sir Terence Conran – the genius who democratised design