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Bohemian sitting room with layered rugs, rattan chairs and a brass table, all in terracotta tones

Boho Is One Palette Applied to Many Things

By Cressida Fairfax

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

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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

Vaulted living room with beams painted the same white as the ceiling and a low-hung chandelier

Paint the Beams Out and Bring the Light Down

By Cressida Fairfax

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