I normally suggest your rug should be large enough for at least the front legs of your sofa and chairs to sit on it. For many UK living rooms, 200 × 290cm works considerably better than the commonly bought 160 × 230cm size.
The Halloween pick and mix. Every piece from my five haunted looks, in one place. Read the story →
Halloween
How to create a beautifully haunted house. Five senses, five darkly delicious looks, and decorations that deserve to live beyond October.
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Inside the haunted house. Gothic Halloween decor for the hallway and the drawing room.
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Make an entrance. Halloween front door decor that works in daylight as well as after dark.
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Something to drink, if you dare. Head for the bar and pick your poison.
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For the curious, and the slightly wicked.
Garden sculpture
What happens when art leaves the gallery and takes its chances with the weather.
The arcs, globes and sculptures worth giving floor space to, from design icons to clever buys at a fraction of the price.
How the floor lamp learnt to become a statement
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Most rooms don’t need more lights. They need the right ones in the right places. This Edit brings together floor lamps, table lamps, wall lights and pendants that layer properly: soft light to live in, focused light to read by, and a few pieces worth looking at even when they’re off.
Colour is one of the quickest ways to change a room, and one of the easiest to lose your nerve over. The Cloud House doesn’t. This Edit brings together colourful furniture, lighting, wallpaper and accessories that use bold colour with confidence: strong shapes, saturated tones and enough plain...
Stone. Concrete. Timber. Metal. Bond’s best interiors weren’t about filling rooms with expensive things. They were about strong materials, sculptural shapes and knowing when to stop. These are the pieces that get you there.
A listening room doesn’t need to be a shrine to hi-fi. It needs a good chair, a rug, somewhere to put your drink, low lighting and, admittedly, a very good record player. These are the pieces for creating a dedicated home listening space that sounds good, feels better and rewards staying for the...
The Shaker kitchen has survived for good reason. Simple cabinetry, useful details and honest materials make it remarkably difficult to date. The trick is keeping it on the right side of traditional. Contemporary lighting, good hardware, natural timber and a few carefully chosen pieces bring the...
Nine picks to turn a standard student room into a space that feels like yours. Good bedding. A great lamp. Something on the walls. Somewhere to hide the mess. And at least one thing your parents don’t understand. From student room storage and lighting to bedding, art and desk essentials, a few...
The best poolside spaces feel less like somewhere to swim and more like somewhere to spend the day. Striped parasols. Proper loungers. Towels worth wrapping yourself in. A side table for something cold. These are the pieces that borrow the easy glamour of a private members’ club and bring it home,...
You don’t need a vegetable plot, a flock of hens or Barbara Good levels of commitment.
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Most rooms have one light doing five jobs, then everyone wonders why the room feels like a corridor after dark.
Most of it is noise. A few things are worth having at full price, which makes them very worth having for less.
