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Stone and timber room with a completely plain cream sofa and one leather wing chair

Keep the Sofa Plain and Let the Building Be Rustic

By Cressida Fairfax

Oak bed centred between two nightstands on a jute rug, with a fiddle-leaf fig in a terracotta pot

One Nightstand Is the Right Answer, Not a Compromise

By Cressida Fairfax

Sparse sitting room in oak, linen and jute with late afternoon sun across the floor

Minimalism Goes Cold Without a Warm Material

By Cressida Fairfax

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Black A-frame cabin with a steep roof standing among tall redwood trees

Timber Fails Slowly, Then All at Once

By Silas Calder

Cedar shingle colonial house with a flag and a clipped boxwood hedge along the front

Cedar Is Neutral, So the Garden Decides

By Silas Calder

Someone measuring a balcony railing above a city, with a notebook of dimensions on the floor

Wind and Weight Decide a Balcony Garden

By Fenella Hawthorn

The same bathroom shown side by side in a cool white and a warm white

Your Wall Colour Decides What the Brass Looks Like

By Cressida Fairfax

Oval backlit mirror glowing above an oak vanity with a brass wall-mounted tap

Why a Backlit Mirror Leaves Your Face Dark

By Cressida Fairfax

Two oak floating shelves above a wall-hung toilet with a tiled concealed cistern

A Concealed Cistern Gives You a Free Shelf

By Cressida Fairfax

Bathroom with pink tile above a red pencil trim, blue zellige below and a patterned tiled vanity top

One Pencil Trim Lets Three Tiles Live Together

By Cressida Fairfax

Limestone-look porcelain floor tiles with heavy variation and colour-matched grout

Stone-Look Tile Fails on One Hidden Spec

By Cressida Fairfax

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