Aberto, a new annual art show staged amid the fragile remnants of the city’s architectural legacy, opens up striking unseen interiors
Just south of Lake Garda, Villa Sigurtà has hosted royals and aristocrats but (provided you can fill it) won’t break the bank for a big group holiday
Carafes, coupes and spoons are more hyper-coloured than ever
Getting the right tech to suit the space is important, but don’t forget you’re designing something luxurious and fun
The influential but often overlooked writer celebrated nature from his Californian coastal outpost — and warned of the climate crisis decades before others
Two beehives, a communal veg patch and taking turns mowing the lawn — blurred party lines make for a surprisingly inspiring place to work
The country’s flora, from the Caucasus mountains to the shores of the Black Sea, is a gardener’s invitation to rethink the possible
Once the preserve of the wealthiest, these specialists are now being sought out across the property spectrum
Have the housing and rental markets finally killed this form of wild, bombastic chaos — and reduced it to a nostalgic, commercialised ‘immersive experience’?
Parents have been indoctrinated to think that buying child-specific designs is a question of survival. It’s not
The outspoken Beijing-based business leader is moving to Washington — but his art and antiques paint a vivid picture of three decades speaking truth to power
From twee coastal aesthetic to high-design embellishment — it’s seashell interiors 2.0
Glitzy and azure is making way for a quiet, organic aesthetic: plant-fringed edges, silvery decking and lake-green linings melding into their settings
The country has interiors inspiration a-plenty, whether your taste runs to the poet’s eclecticism, Napoleonic extravagance or coastal classicism
Interiors expert Chris Pask’s top tips for considering the practical and decorative elements needed for the perfect night’s slumber
Swapping the car for the tree has not been a universally popular strategy
Look closely at the blooms in the medieval masterpiece the Wilton Diptych — they carry a significance far beyond mere decoration
Chan Siun-kuen left rural China in the slipstream of the revolution for a rapidly urbanising Hong Kong. His herb garden restores a connection to forgotten traditions and the healing power of plants
A converted tractor shed is the canvas for a house decorated in the same free-spirited style as her artistic heroes
Beyond meadows, rewilding and land management, if we want to support biodiversity and wildlife, these plants must find a place in our gardens, too
The place where the first dictionary was compiled is a word nerd’s nirvana
Algorithms feed us more of the styles we already like, so it all looks painfully familiar. We need to mount a strategic attack against ‘Instagrammabiquity’
A device to keep holiday houseplants happy, the chicest gargle on the market, a cordless light for summer nights – and more
They started trading furniture for fun on social media; now their rule-breaking pluck is taking root
From stately homes to skyscrapers, little adds more to a home’s desirability — and price — though it can be tricky to change a lightbulb
