Needle Baths
In the spirit of fresh starts, we are kicking off 2023 with an homage to the most invigorating of showers—the Victorian needle bath. A wild contraption designed more for medicinal...
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Historic Houses
Historic houses are enjoying quite a renaissance these days. While their revival has roots in the V&A’s groundbreaking 1975 exhibition, Destruction of the Country House, followed by decades of preservation...
Design Notes Archive
Warm Wishes
The end of the year brings with it a dip in temperatures that makes burning a fire too enticing to resist. It’s also a season for reflection. To that end,...
Tile Makes the Room
More often than not, when designers place a large residential tile order, they’re destined for a kitchen or bathroom or some other equally utilitarian space. But consider for a moment...
Double Taps
Despite all the latest innovations in sanitaryware—think touch-free faucets that can measure out exactly how much water you need by voice command—designers still have a soft spot for antique-style taps....
Satellite Mirror
If attention to detail is an admirable trait, then a bathroom adorned with a magnifying mirror is certainly one to be admired. The the most iconic of these is arguably...
Bricks
August is that glorious time of year when the great summer shutdown ensues as masses of Europeans (and more and more Brits) close up shop and head on holiday—oh to...
En Plein Air
If you’ve ever experienced an outdoor shower on a hot and hazy summer day, you know there’s nothing quite as refreshing. Unlike the ice cold, wash-the-sand-off variety along seashores, a...
Border Lines
Flipping through the latest issue of The World of Interiors, one is reminded of the endless amount of detail adorning the walls of Morocco’s storied Villa Oasis. Elaborate borders—from hand-carved...
Peg Rails
There was a time in the not-too-distant past, when the words “interior designer” conjured up visions of rooms that were so pristine you’d be afraid to touch anything, let alone...
Colourful Sanitaryware
As colour is starting to reappear in our gardens this month, so too is it making a return in bathrooms with colourful, retro-inspired sanitaryware. Perhaps it’s a knock-on effect of...
Piero Portaluppi
If you watched Ridley Scott’s adaptation of House of Gucci, you may have spied Villa Necchi-Campiglio among the architectural gems used as locations in the film. The Milanese villa (set...
Stainless Steel
Painted wood cabinets and marble counter tops have reigned supreme for quite some time and with good reason—they’re beautiful! But for some, having the kitchen at the epicenter of the...
Sports Baths
January inevitably invokes the idea of making resolutions, new year, new you, and all that jazz. If you’re one of the millions around the world who’ve embraced The Great Resignation,...
Dog Days
You’ve probably heard the term pandemic puppies by now, coined to capture the mass adoption of dogs during lockdown last year. As restrictions ebb and flow, we’ve continued to find...
Tortoiseshell Paint Effects
Think of tortoiseshell (or turtleshell) in the decorative arts and chance are you’re picturing inlaid boxes, small frames, or intricately applied marquetry on furniture at museums like The Wallace Collection...
Kitchen Confidential
We’ve spent a lot of time in our kitchens over the last year and a half and that’s inevitably led to a taking stock of sorts. Does it function well?...