powder blue

DIVE INTO A SHADE THAT CAN CREATE CALM, LIGHT, DRAMA AND A SURPRISINGLY CONTEMPORARY LOOK. HERE, PAINT EXPERTS REVEAL HOW TO DO IT

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SIMON ROGAN SPILLS HIS LAKE DISTRICT SECRETS

Designer Fiona Leahy on the art of alfresco dining - interview

First, you need durable furniture to dine outdoors.

DESIGN PROFILE - joyce wang

If she hadn’t become an interior designer, Joyce Wang thinks she would probably have gone into film. ‘I’ve always been jealous of how a good film can inspire people to talk about it afterwards – take Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, which has so much layering and hidden clues,’ she says. ‘My hope with our interiors is that people will want to re-experience them, to get a bit more out of them on each visit.’

Opting for opulence

LAYERING DARK SHADES AND LUXURIOUS MATERIALS HAS FORGED A SOPHISTICATED NEW SPACE WITH A DECADENT EDGE

New direction

By giving classic colours and furnishings a modern edge, interior designer Emilie Fournet has created a home that speaks volumes

Rustic revival

Interior stylist Lynda Gardener’s latest project – her own personal bolthole and part-time Airbnb escape – radiates her passion for design and is a masterclass in modern country style

Mid-century mood

RICH TIMBERS AND SOFT CURVES LEND A TOUCH OF 1950S FLAIR IN THIS NEW YORK TOWNHOUSE

Hillarys x Livingetc

WE’RE ABSOLUTELY THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE OUR FIRST COLLECTION OF BEAUTIFUL CURTAIN , ROMAN BLIND AND CUSHION FABRICS WITH HILL ARYS

Modern refresh

A FLASH OF TERRACOTTA CUTS A DASH IN THIS LINEAR KITCHEN FOR A HOME WITH A COLOURFUL PAST

Designing the homes of the future

Chances are your next house will look unlike any you’ve seen before. New ideas are shaping architecture, creating superior, happier, more fulfilling places to live

Hotel hot list

THE STYLISH RETREATS LIGHTING UP OUR DESIGN RADAR

Calm and collected

In this curated abode, designer María Santos shows how to do serene and statement in one go

Back to the future

The secret to enhancing the Victorian roots of Laura and Chris’ home? A kaleidoscopic collection of design classics and tomorrow’s heirlooms

Sorbet For The Soul

Designer Michelle Kelly has mixed mid-century style with ice-cream shades to create a soothing take on seaside living

Ahead Of The Curve

Rounded shapes and strong shades update the 1980s aesthetic in Jen Talbot’s design for this Chicago home – mining the past has created the style of the future

Bathroom Trend: Single-Use Colour

All- over delicate pink accessorised with copper and curves creates an impactful yet playful en suite.

The connor brothers

With their reworkings of vintage Mills & Boon book covers accompanied by witty texts that capture the preoccupations of our millennial world, The Connor Brothers burst onto the art scene in 2013.

New nordic

Breaking the conventional Scandi mould, this Oslo apartment combines a cocktail of styles and materials to dramatic effect.

life.style.etc

Textile designer Nancy Parker on pinch-me moments, her ‘Poison English’ aesthetic and the hunt for a good leopard print.

In the detail

Small but beautifully formed, it’s the little touches that turned Kim Stephen’s cottage into a home with big ideas.

Centre stage

Leaving walls as a blank white canvas allows bright furnishings to be the stars – a dramatic approach that deserves a round of applause.

Boldly go

Maura McLaughlin’s once magnolia Dublin abode is now a daring riot of colour and pattern that is pure joy

the good life

The interiors of Robert and Stefanie’s idyllic clapboard house were inspired by the great outdoors

serene scene

Fashion influencer Pernille Teisbaek’s elegant Copenhagen home is the perfect place to take it easy

peaceful meets playful

Surprising contrasts and the connection between inside and out are key in this cleverly reimagined family abode

organic reinvention

Raw textures and original features inspired there design of Mary and John Mulryan’s ‘upside-down’ family home, which began life as a Victorian pub

nordic zen

Scandi style meets refined Japanese design at Masahiro and Mette’s Danish summerhouse, where life moves to a more natural rhythm

Champagne Supernova

Now that cook and food writer Anna Barnett lives in an apartment full of luxe touches, does she still like a good party? Ask Ted the dog…

Boho Bolthole

Ian and Shelley swapped their Toronto condo for a life-changing lakeside shack on an island