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  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
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    How to style a picture-perfect home

    Poor images can ruin the sale of even the most beautiful house — renowned interiors photographer Jan Baldwin shares some tips and tricks

  • Monday, 14 October, 2024
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    Paul Rudolph’s urban dreams and visions

    With a new retrospective at The Met in New York, we assess the architect who helped redefine Modernism

    The building’s design features large floor-to-ceiling glass walls and thin, white beams that form a rectangular grid
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
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    Fantasy home: Paddington Bear’s London lair is my guilty pleasure

    Contented clutter abounds in a bourgeois dream home, complete with eccentric touches and artfully posed objets

    A cute bear wearing a red hat gazes ahead with a gentle expression. Behind it, shelves filled with books and a colorful stained glass lamp give the scene a cozy and nostalgic feel
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
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    The symmetry and light of Edward Durell Stone’s Celanese House

    Considering Modernism too austere for America, the MoMA architect blended eastern, western and classical influences in this Connecticut home

    An architectural building with multiple pyramid-shaped roofs surrounded by lush green trees and manicured hedges, featuring a walkway with shaded areas formed by trimmed square trees
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
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    Fantasy Home: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, a magical portal into my childhood

    Though in my youth I never found any doors into other worlds, as an adult my dreams are providing more than I can possibly open

    A young girl in a dimly lit room pulling a large, flowing curtain away to reveal a tall, ornate wooden wardrobe
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
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    Five of the best Riviera properties

    Whether you’re looking for cool pools or spicy casinos, these exclusive pads will come up trumps

    A large, picturesque house nestled among dense greenery. The house is painted a warm pink, with a terracotta-tiled roof
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
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    The book hunter: crafting the perfect collection with Philip Blackwell

    Whether you’re looking to impress friends with leatherbound classics, or conjuring up a witchcraft reading room, Ultimate Library can help

    A cozy living room with tall book shelves leading into a dining room
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
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    Buying a house with a vineyard

    Fancy your own vintage? Wine-making is not as inaccessible as it might seem, but be prepared to do your research

  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
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    Iris Murdoch’s The Sea, The Sea: the book that scuppers my dream of a simple life

    Like many, I have often aspired to a house by the coast — this wonderful story exposes the messy reality lurking behind the fantasy

  • Sunday, 1 September, 2024
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    Rush-weaver Felicity Irons on the joy of bringing an ancient craft into the 21st century

    The self-taught maker uses nothing but her bare hands to wrestle bulrushes into everything from floor matting to suits of armour

  • Monday, 26 August, 2024
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    Fantasy home: the intimate, private world of Dutch painter Vilhelm Hammershøi

    At a time when I was adrift in my own life, his ghost-like interiors anchored me in a place of quiet, spectral intrigue

    a painting of a living room with a piano and a woman dressed in black
  • Monday, 19 August, 2024
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    John Nash, architect of London’s urban Arcadia

    The designer’s extravagant and wildly varying creations left an enduring legacy of buildings and parks that are now integral to the identity of the city

    View looking south down Regent Street to the Prince Regent’s palace Carlton House, London. To the left, at the entrance to Charles Street (now Charles II Street), is the United Service Club-House. To the right are the portico and turret of Waterloo Chapel
  • Monday, 12 August, 2024
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    Britain’s quirky homes, where history and modernity collide

    Empty buildings are often what’s left behind by economic and social upheaval — and they’re perfect for transformation into unique living spaces

  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
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    How to create the perfect home cinema

    Getting the right tech to suit the space is important, but don’t forget you’re designing something luxurious and fun

  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
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    How to design a principal bedroom with a focus on maximising sleep

    Interiors expert Chris Pask’s top tips for considering the practical and decorative elements needed for the perfect night’s slumber

  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
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    Fantasy home: following in Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s footsteps to River Cottage

    Our city-living writer yearns for a self-sufficient Arcadian life 

    Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall at his home
  • Monday, 15 July, 2024
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    Altering the fabric of a historic Venetian town house

    Interiors expert Chahan Minassian brings a new lease of life to this stunning property — with a little help from the famed Fortuny factory next door

  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
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    92 Carlton Hill, a cathedral of light, dedicated to creation

    Home to several famous sculptors over the years, this building remains an extraordinary repository of the work of Arthur Fleischmann who lived and worked here for decades 

  • Monday, 1 July, 2024
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    Fantasy home: a blueprint for switching off in Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days

    The protagonist in the Tokyo-set movie richly enjoys books, DVDs and cassettes in a home liberated from modern devices

    A middle-aged man sitting on the floor next to a low bed in a dimly lit room. He’s gazing out a window, and to his left there’s a wooden bookshelf filled with items
  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
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    Plowden & Smith: the conservation specialists creating restoration drama

    From bird-battered paintings to crumbling cupids, the team of conservators are the invisible hands that bring historic homes and artworks back to life and leave no trace

  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
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    The idea of a fantasy home surreptitiously peddled by the film Sliding Doors

    To our writer, a teenager in the late 1990s, the seemingly effortless comfort of the characters’ lives included their London apartments

    Two people engage in a friendly handshake on a subway platform, with a blue train visible in the background. The woman has long brown hair and is smiling warmly, while the man looks pleased
  • Monday, 10 June, 2024
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    The timeless aesthetic of Japanese gardens

    A long tradition of Buddhist meditation has driven the design of these captivating, imaginative oases of discovery and reflection

  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
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    Hidden treasures: a short history of the mews

    Originally built to house animals, the tiny properties are now beloved of celebrities and artists, a secluded oasis of peace in the city

  • Monday, 27 May, 2024
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    Fragrance and formality: a short history of rose gardens

    The hugely varied colour and scent of these plucky survivors have adorned our houses and landscapes for thousands of years

  • Monday, 20 May, 2024
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    Marcel Breuer, the leading proponent of Brutalism who also had a softer residential side

    The Bauhaus alumnus had a dual career designing muscular offices and elegant, open-plan homes

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