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DESIGN DECODED: Celebrity houses of 2025, rated
From the surprising beauty of Kendall Jenner's mountain home to the colourful brownstone on Lily Allen's divorce album, let's see what these A-list…
Dec 29, 2025
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DESIGN DECODED: The cottage from The Holiday
What is for many the ultimate movie fantasy home never actually existed. But was its creator Nancy Meyers actually just 20 years ahead of the 'Frazzled…
Dec 17, 2025
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DESIGN DECODED: A Victorian townhouse in east Yorkshire
If you were hesitating about colour drenching, or the newest variation - colour capping - then come me with on a tour of this fabulous five-bedroom…
Nov 5, 2025
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DESIGN DECODED: Lily Allen's Brooklyn townhouse
As the singer puts her home on the market following her divorce, let's take a look at the interior – created by "budget unconscious" Billy Cotton.
Oct 29, 2025
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Design Decoded: The Househunter
Let's take a look around a beautiful two bedroom flat in Little Venice in London. This one has styling lessons for us all.
Sep 3, 2025
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Design Decoded: The Househunter visits Somerset
Not everyone lives in (or is selling) a medieval manor with acres of land – but despite its grandeur, there are lessons for all of us within these…
Jul 16, 2025
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Decorating: where to start
Someone asked me to write an 'Interior Design 101' recently – and while that’s too much for one post, I've isolated the five key elements you must…
Jun 18, 2025
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Design Decoded: Pearl Lowe's house
Six years ago I visited this gorgeous house for an episode of my podcast The Great Indoors, and now it's on the market I thought you might all like to…
May 21, 2025
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Design Decoded: The Househunter
Come with me on a virtual stroll around this Georgian house in Leicester and see what inspiration we can take for our own places and spaces.
Mar 12, 2025
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Design Decoded: The Househunter
My regular series in which we look at a house on the market to see what inspiration we can take for our own places and spaces.
Feb 12, 2025
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Design Decoded: The Househunter
My regular series in which we look at a house on the market to see what inspiration we can take for our own places and spaces.
Jan 15, 2025
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Design Decoded: Nine Beautiful Rooms
A stroll through real rooms to see what we can take away for our own places and spaces. Learn about layout, the 'rules of rug' – and how to curate your…
Dec 11, 2024
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