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Ceiling pendants and floor lamps, dimmable LEDs and coloured bulbs… Nothing changes the mood of a room quicker than a new lighting makeover -
Naval figureheads, ancient art and even Spitting Image puppets are all being brought back to life by a team of crack conservators
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28 January 1936 The immense satisfaction a good soak brings
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Could a love nest other than the bedroom spice up your relationship – or is a sex drawer all you need? Here’s what the experts say -
A Greenwich Village designer’s passion for rebooting reclaimed treasures brings her prewar duplex apartment bang up to date, says Kate Lawson
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Marshwood Vale, Dorset: On a sunny day three Februarys ago, I squashed the berries on to an apple branch. That March, crooked shoots emerged
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Bert Frank lighting - in pictures -
Products that reuse materials and support local communities can both do good and look good
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Japandi is an aesthetic combining the simple, modern styles associated with Asian and Nordic design. Use it to make your home zen with a touch of hygge -
Abstract design makes everything from cabinets to bedlinen to baskets 100% more interesting -
Are you sitting comfortably? You will be, with these -
Old-school baubles for the modern tree
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It’s like a miniature Harrogate, with smartly painted Victorian townhouses, Bettys and a beautiful lido -
Pretty, alluring and a tad quieter than the southern shores, this is an illustrious stretch of coastline -
Many will run for the hills, but others find its squelchy fields, sluice gates and forlorn villages impossibly romantic -
A convivial and unpretentious ‘book town’, though it may be too lonely for some
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