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Colour, character and curiosity: On the move with interior decorator Lauren Egan
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (871+ words) Melbourne interior decorator Lauren Egan has built a career – and life – around a simple idea: that the spaces we inhabit should look and feel like us. The boot of Lauren Egan's car functions as something between a design studio, a…...
Eight of the world's most colourful buildings
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (1414+ words) Imaginative architects have long used colour to elevate their work. From a dazzling ancient temple to a vibrant library, here are eight buildings where colour is integral. We have been using colour to bring joy for hundreds of thousands of…...
Nine idyllic Nordic cabins and summerhouses
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1153+ words) In this region, summer is all about retreating to a countryside timber dwelling. Here are some of the best, from a mid-Century home to a modern cabin overlooking the ocean. While many Brits and Dutch go to Spain and France…...
Former cold war bunker in Folkestone up for sale for £45,000
3+ week, 6+ day ago (279+ words) A former cold war bunker has been put for sale for a guide price of £45,000. The bunker, in Folkestone, Kent, can only be accessed by a ladder and was built by the Ministry of Defence in 1971, as a Royal Observation…...
Ferryside Bond-style house on stilts wins Wales' Home of the Year
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (991+ words) Nestled on the banks of a rural Carmarthenshire estuary, a 1960s home raised on stilts has been crowned Wales Home of the Year. The property, owned by Iain and Paula Davies and their son Max, sits among a wildlife garden with…...
10 of Japan's most cleverly designed homes
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (458+ words) From an ingenious home with guest annexe attached, to a micro house in Tokyo that opens like a shell, and a home for both cats and humans – here are 10 innovative Japanese dwellings. The most inventive homes in Japan are modest…...
Bernat Klein studio seeks protection from vandals and decay
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (472+ words) Plans have been lodged to protect the dilapidated Borders studio of textile designer Bernat Klein from further damage after "two decades of neglect and vandalism". A consortium of heritage and design organisations received the keys for the site near Selkirk…...
A Cold War bunker gets a luxury makeover as 'doomsday' condos
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1390+ words) "From here to anywhere" is the motto of Debert's business park, but it feels like the middle of nowhere. Just 113km (70 miles) north of Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Canada's east coast, it was once a military base where thousands of soldiers…...
Wales' Home of the Year
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (487+ words) Series 4, Ep. 6 It’s the Grand Final! Judges Owain Wyn Evans, interior designer Mandy Watkins, and architectural designer Glen Thomas have scoured the country in search of Wales’ Home of the Year 2026. It’s now down to the final five homes – the…...
'I built my mate a fake bar at uni - now I'm designing his real one"
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (611+ words) A woman who built a fake bar for her university friends 12 years ago is now redesigning their real bar after winning the BBC show Interior Design Masters. Roisin Quinn, 33, met Tom Wilson and Alex Medlicott at Liverpool John Moores University…...