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AT-HOME ENTERTAINING TRENDS FOR 2026, SERVED! What we want now: listening bars, hidden wet bars, Argentine grills, and spaces where every room...
12th Nov 2025
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AT-HOME ENTERTAINING TRENDS FOR 2026, SERVED!

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12th Nov 2025
What we want now: listening bars, hidden wet bars, Argentine grills, and spaces where every room pulls double duty for the party Every generation has its own way of gathering at home—the conversion pits and buffets of the ’70s, the formal dinner parties of the ’90s, the open-plan...
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WHERE TO FIND EXCEPTIONAL FLOWERS IN FIVE DIFFERENT CITIES Not only do fresh flowers bring joy and delight into a home, they’re also a symbol of important...
3rd Oct 2025
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WHERE TO FIND EXCEPTIONAL FLOWERS IN FIVE DIFFERENT CITIES

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3rd Oct 2025
Not only do fresh flowers bring joy and delight into a home, they’re also a symbol of important moments in life: they are the decoration of choice at weddings and funerals, and also the ultimate gift of love on Valentine’s Day. Their delicate nature, however, can make it tricky...
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5 DISCREET SIGNS YOU’RE IN A WEALTHY PERSON’S HOME Flashy indicators of affluence are easy to spot. But these often-less-expensive decor items signal...
24th Sep 2025
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5 DISCREET SIGNS YOU’RE IN A WEALTHY PERSON’S HOME

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24th Sep 2025
Flashy indicators of affluence are easy to spot. But these often-less-expensive decor items signal true wealth in more subtle ways. The quietly ultra–rich live with subtle indicators of affluence—and most aren’t actually that expensive.  Wealthy people don’t have “stuff” The more...
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HAVE YOU PREORDERED YOUR COPY OF MELISSA’S NEW BOOK YET? In her best-selling book, Living Well By Design, Melissa Penfold addressed the basics of interior...
3rd Mar 2025
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HAVE YOU PREORDERED YOUR COPY OF MELISSA’S NEW BOOK YET?

from Melissa Penfold [alt+shift+b] in design

3rd Mar 2025
In her best-selling book, Living Well By Design, Melissa Penfold addressed the basics of interior decorating.  Now she turns her attention to demonstrating what a powerful force design can be in boosting our physical and emotional well-being in her newest book, ‘Natural Living By...
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NON-OBVIOUS MEGA DESIGN TRENDS: HOW TO SEE WHAT OTHERS MISS If you want to understand what’s going to be big in design this year, peer into the world’s psyche....
20th Feb 2025
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NON-OBVIOUS MEGA DESIGN TRENDS: HOW TO SEE WHAT OTHERS MISS

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20th Feb 2025
If you want to understand what’s going to be big in design this year, peer into the world’s psyche. When the world was scared and isolated during the Covid shutdown, we decorated for comfort. This year, weary and worried after a stretch of inflation and political uncertainty,...
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THE 23 MOST DEFINING PIECES OF FURNITURE FROM THE LAST 100 YEARS How do we define furniture? It might seem like a silly question, but it’s one that kept coming up in...
20th Jan 2025
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THE 23 MOST DEFINING PIECES OF FURNITURE FROM THE LAST 100 YEARS

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20th Jan 2025
How do we define furniture? It might seem like a silly question, but it’s one that kept coming up in October of last year, when, in a conference room on the 15th floor of The New York Times building, six experts — the architects and interior designers Rafael de...
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THE MOST THOUGHTFUL GIFTS THAT NO ONE ELSE WILL GIVE We’re always here to help you find gifts that elicit “you really know me!” enthusiasm, even from the...
2nd Dec 2024
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THE MOST THOUGHTFUL GIFTS THAT NO ONE ELSE WILL GIVE

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2nd Dec 2024
We’re always here to help you find gifts that elicit “you really know me!” enthusiasm, even from the normally taciturn. This year, we aimed higher, aspiring to choose items with such eternal appeal, and of such high quality, that some might become heirlooms—used and loved by both...
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ISABELLA’S INCREDIBLE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION It’s a bargain hunter’s paradise at Isabella Walker-Smith’s bumper Christmas Collection which has...
29th Nov 2024
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ISABELLA’S INCREDIBLE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION

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29th Nov 2024
It’s a bargain hunter’s paradise at Isabella Walker-Smith’s bumper Christmas Collection which has stacks of table lamps in the style of Christian Liaigre, Kelly Wearstler, Ralph Lauren, and Aerin, from $80. There are quality travertine lamps, $280 a pair, and adorable rattan...
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IF YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR HOUSE, FIGURE OUT WHAT TO RENOVATE FIRST You want to sell your home, but the kids have scuffed up the floors and chipped the paint. The...
30th Jan 2024
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IF YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR HOUSE, FIGURE OUT WHAT TO RENOVATE FIRST

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30th Jan 2024
You want to sell your home, but the kids have scuffed up the floors and chipped the paint. The kitchen could use a face-lift and the lawn has seen better days. Every seller has to decide whether to sink money into their home before listing it, and how much. Lately, the stakes...
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SEASON’S TREE-TINGS! THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS, 2023 The past few years have been rocky for Christmas. In 2020 it was cancelled. In 2021, it felt a...
5th Dec 2023
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SEASON’S TREE-TINGS! THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS, 2023

from Melissa Penfold [alt+shift+b] in design

5th Dec 2023
The past few years have been rocky for Christmas. In 2020 it was cancelled. In 2021, it felt a little more appealing. Things began to feel more normal in 2022, but having been homebodies for so long we were still flexing our dormant social muscles. In 2023 the weight of current...
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