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ELLE Decoration UK showcases the world’s most beautiful homes and makes good design accessible to everyone through its mix of styles, products and price points. Combining all the inspiration, information and ideas you need to bring your home to life, it is the authority on trends, style and contemporary design.

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THE BIG SLEEP • As the nights draw in, what better time to give where you sleep a restorative refresh. From new linen to beautiful beds, here follows our pick of sleep-bedroom enhancing styles…

WORKING WARDROBE

Morning, noon & night

REST EASY

Plump it up

FAIREST of them ALL

Hunker down

Retro glow

BEDDING • What you need to know when investing in luxury linen

COFFEE & CLAY • Create a sleep sanctuary with a palette of earthy browns against warm terracotta and golden ochre

FAYE TOOGOOD • The British designer on her new collaboration with Swedish brand Hem

PALM house

SLEEP ON IT

Scents of enlightenment

Nightstands • Chic and practical bedside essentials

SLEEPING SOUNDLY • Style meets comfort with our pick of the best beds to create the ultimate sleep sanctuary

JENS RISOM • The Danish designer who popularised Scandinavian style in the USA

AKARI LIGHT SCULPTURES BY ISAMU NOGUCHI • The Japanese-American artist and designer’s paper lights showed how sculpture could be integrated into daily life

EARLY YEARS • The lanterns became an iconic Japanese export

WHY IT’S NOW • The paper lights have a timeless simplicity

BREAKOUT MOMENTS • An early appearance in a Japanese tea ceremony at the Eames House and their subsequent longevity celebrated at the Venice Biennale

ÅBEN • The new specialist online platform seeking out emerging Scandinavian design talent

RAVINDER BHOGAL • An arbiter of taste tells us what they’re reading, listening to and more

GARDENS

TECHNOLOGY

HAIR AND BEAUTY INNOVATIONS • Recreate a salon experience at home with the latest tech

‘THE DESIGNER’S JOB IS TO IMAGINE THE WORLD NOT HOW IT IS, BUT HOW IT SHOULD BE’ • Sir Terence Conran’s vision transformed homes, shops and restaurants in postwar Britain. Caroline Roux looks back on his extraordinary career and the legacy he has left behind

THE UK’S BEST PRACTICES FOR ANY PROJECT • Finding the right architect is the foundation of any successful building work. Here, we’ve picked the top 25 firms that can help you achieve the best results, whatever the size, style or budget

THE MODERN MAVERICK: SIR DAVID ADJAYE • The award-winning British-Ghanaian architect, whose iconic works include the Stephen Lawrence Centre in south London and Sugar Hill in Harlem, shares his early influences, process and what home means to him

HOME TO MAMA • Necessity is the mother of invention for Nina Tolstrup and Jack Mama, the couple behind architecture and design firm Studiomama, and this London home is their colourful laboratory

‘MARIGOLD’ WALLPAPER BY BEN PENTREATH FOR MORRIS & CO

Delicate wash

TOUR DE FORCE

REUSE, RENEW

AHEAD OF THE CURVE

PUMP UP THE VOLUME • This season, textiles get a tactile boost with the rise of jumbo cord, oversized quilting and chunky bouclé

GOING UPSCALE • Extreme textiles to make a sensory statement

LUCIENNE DAY • The celebrated designer whose optimistic and modern approach to textile design transformed the dreary home décor of postwar Britain

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