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How to design a principal bedroom with a focus on maximising sleep
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The idea of a fantasy home surreptitiously peddled by the film Sliding Doors
Hidden treasures: a short history of the mews
Architect and interior designer Claire Sa on how to make corridors look inviting
Fantasy home: Bridget Jones’s London flat as an enviable place of autonomy
Architect Benni Allan on how to use objects to create a calming and creative interior
Five of the world’s best homes for sale for history lovers
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Architect Richard Parr on how to take inspiration from great works of art when creating an interior
Five of the world’s best properties for sale with garden offices
The Georgian townhouse that showcases the built history of London’s Spitalfields
The starchitect-designed penthouses that were once the epitome of urban London living
How to create a dog room that works for hounds and humans
The family residence with a limitless budget that is a blueprint for the future of the smart home
Five of the world’s best homes for sale in surfing hotspots
Artist Sue Dunkley’s legacy lives on in her London home
Emma Sims-Hilditch on how to take a nature-inspired approach to design
The 300-year-old English stately home that has been meticulously restored to keep history ‘alive’
Five of the world’s best homes for sale for outdoor entertaining
How an 18th-century stable block in a royal deer park became a grand country home
How to revive the period character of a home using handmade furnishings
Interior designer Tara Craig on creating a kitchen that is beautiful and restorative
Design duo Studio QD on the power of a pared-back interior
The Thameside house steeped in boating history
Grosvenor Square’s original US embassy building gets the poshest — and most discreet — of residential makeovers
Fantasy home: a Knightsbridge flat inspired by the atypical student pad in the movie, The Souvenir
