Storm season is officially here, and if your garden has been left strewn with fallen leaves and branches from your neighbours’ trees, you may be wondering who is responsible for the clear-up post Storm Boelo. Unfortunately, there are plenty of garden features that cause neighbourly disputes, and who is responsible for clearing up fallen leaves…

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Picking the outside color of your house is a decision you make maybe every ten or fifteen years, so it’s worth getting right. The best exteriors don’t chase a trend. They just suit the house, the yard, and the light that hits it most days. These 5 exterior house colors show what that looks like…

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Local studio Al-Jawad Pike has given skincare brand Aesop’s shop in London department store Harrods a revamp, centred on a terracotta-clad counter designed to have “the qualities of a miniature building”. Aesop has had a counter in Harrods for over a decade. For this revamp, Al-Jawad Pike, which is a long-term collaborator of Aesop’s, aimed…

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A blank wall is the kind of thing you walk past every day without noticing until someone else points it out. Fabric fixes that fast, warming up a room the way paint and framed prints can’t. These 6 fabric wall decor ideas show you what actually works and why. 6 Fabric Wall Decor Ideas That…

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As an interiors journalist, Christmas doesn’t just last for one month in December; I’ve been living in Christmas land since September. So my enthusiasm for the new high street festive decorations has worn off slightly. However, this week one new launch revived my festive spirit and had me excited for Christmas all over again: the…

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Around 20 million households in England will receive a £100 payment from the Government this winter to help with their energy bills, Chancellor John Healey confirmed, delivering the Autumn Budget. The October price cap saw bills rise by £60 a year for millions of households, and consultants at Cornwall Insight have predicted a further 16%…

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It takes one glass of water and about two minutes. You pour it into the bottom track of a closed window, then watch where it goes. Window manufacturers and the US Department of Energy’s building guides both describe this simple check, because the answer tells you something a clean track never will: whether the water…

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The fireplace is the one thing in a room that pulls attention whether you want it to or not. The question isn’t whether to decorate it. It’s how to decorate it in a way that makes the rest of the room look better instead of fighting for the spotlight. These 6 fireplace decor ideas get…

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Scandinavian design is celebrated for light-filled spaces, pale woods, clean lines, and a sense of calm. Translating that aesthetic to a cruise ship, however, presents a spatial challenge—particularly when compared with the backdrop of the oversized, ornate interiors typical of mass-market cruise liners. Sunlight pours through the lounge’s expansive windows, illuminating pale wood, textured upholsterery,…

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Rooftop lounges are mainstays of the Miami skyline offering open-air escapes above the bustle of the city. For the first U.S. outpost of Japanese restaurant Mimi Kakushi, London-based design firm Pirajean Lees brings together the vibrancy of Miami, the glamour of 1920s Osaka, and the cinematic allure of old Hollywood. Photography by Robert Reiger Clémence…

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