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Families pile in together for the festive season, but given societal shifts, should more of us be considering it as a permanent arrangement?
Christmas is about being with family, making new memories and enjoying offline moments
A childhood wish to live among gargoyles and ringing bells became a quest for a home with the same magic and improbable sense of refuge
The scale and materiality of power stations and warehouses make them ripe for conversion into luxury residences
Sotiris Xeni and Nicola Mehaffey’s 19th-century townhouse draws on the region’s rich artistic heritage
The Japanese art of visible repair is inspiring creative fixes for building facades, floors and walls
Chinese territory is one of the last major cities to rely on the centuries-old craft
The maker of the fantasy figurine game is now valued at £5.25bn. What keeps the battle raging on?
The artistic director of the cult homeware brand collects waistcoats, avoids computers and can’t resist a post-coffee cigarette
Movie night never looked and sounded so good
Look major in these maximalist dressing gowns
In the wake of Brexit, house prices fell more in the Gallic enclave of SW7 than in prime central London overall — but canny buyers are now seeing that as a positive
Travel writer Megan Murray shares decoration secrets from top hotel designers
Along with property prices, these makeshift metal towers are increasingly the subject of dinner-party chat
An art world couple’s thoughtful curation has produced interiors that are at once classical, full of character and deeply personal
Gifts that keep on blooming — from seeds to bulbs to bare-root roses — offer the promise of beauty and scent to come
Lauren Indvik selects her must-read titles
If you’re selling your house, beware friends and neighbours poring over the details of your life
Leyla Boulton hadn’t bargained on quite how many practical and emotional hurdles she would have to navigate in this most seismic of domestic shifts . . .
Exhibitors at the second outing of the furniture fair are challenging stereotypes with flair
…without looking like Austin Powers
At home with the master of country-house style – and his 55 pianos
In Macedonia, it takes the filaments of 150,000 flowers to make a kilo of the world’s most precious, unadulterated spice
From a converted orangerie on a former Mercurey wine estate to a château that was once the home of Louis XVI’s bodyguard
The works in this year’s Royal Institute of Oil Painters exhibition celebrate the details that are often overlooked, but which make us feel safe
