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My visit to Brompton Design District during London Design Festival 2026 began with the Italian showrooms. At Molteni&C, Kartell, and Cassina, three chairs offered quite different propositions for a room — generous upholstery, an economical met...

I’ll admit it — Morris & Co. is not the first name that comes to mind when I think of Livingetc. Its trailing botanicals, intricate repeats and deep 19th-century roots can feel a long way from the cleaner, more contemporary spaces we usually gravitate toward. But that is precisely what makes it interesting. In a room filled with sleek silhouettes and newer piec...

There’s a school of thought that bathroom sanitaryware looks best in white. Sure, white toilets and sinks have timeless style appeal, but when it comes to designing a powder room — an inherently smaller-scale room housing a toilet and sink — there’s a wave of designers opting to make a statement by featuring a rock-solid, sculptural sink as the focal point in the room.

Tucked quietly away, east of the French capital, the neighborhood known as La Campagne à Paris — 'the countryside of Paris' — reads like a village hiding within the city. And this home, set back behind an ordinary front door, lands with a deliberate "twist" of surprise, like a s...

From personal experience, I can truly say that the renovation projects I have carried out have been some of the most exciting and rewarding parts of my life. In the same breath, however, I'd also point out that they have been amongst the most financially and, subsequently, emotionally draining too.

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