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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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ROYAL WELCOME

LONDON DESIGN WEEK • The capital is the place to be as the decorating world descends on Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour

Clicks & mortar • Whether driven by a desire to champion emerging makers or a belief in democratising design, these online stores are shaking up shopping for good

VILHELM LAURITZEN • The Danish modernist who created elegantly simple lighting and had a major influence on airports around the world

CHRISTOPHER KANE • An arbiter of style tells us what they’re watching, listening to and more…

Going green for the spring clean • This month, our columnist is on a journey of discovery as she investigates toxin-free ways to spruce up her home

ARCHITECTURE

THE HOMEWOOD • The work of a talented young architect, this radical country residence is one of Britain’s best modernist buildings

GARDENS

Elevating the everyday • Unmistakably maximalist designer Matthew Williamson knows how to make his home a joyful place, and he’s ready to share the secrets…

STYLE DECORATING/ MATERIALS/ INTERIOR DESIGN/ IDEAS

Make pattern a priority • Want to tackle decorating with real individuality? Simply follow our lead on how to combine the season’s best fabrics and wallpapers

DARE to be different • The latest collection from the fabric and wallpaper brand pushes its fearless philosophy even further

A LIFE IN COLOUR • Textile designer Althea McNish, who brought Caribbean vibrancy to post-war Britain, rightfully returns to the spotlight this spring

The happiness PROJECT • Intended to spread a little joy in our homes, Kit Kemp’s latest textiles collection is inspired by sunny days and carefree memories

INTO THE WOODS • Traditionally associated with castles, cabins and country houses as a centuries-old way of hiding less-thanperfect walls and keeping rooms warm, wood panelling is now having a rebirth. Here’s how to bring this most timeless of materials into a contemporary interior

MODERN CLASSIC

PALE & INTERESTING

ANYTHING GOES

VINTAGE GLAMOUR

PARIS MATCH • Studio Hauvette & Madani used oak and maple to update a historic apartment for one French family

VIEW TO A THRILL • PEEK INSIDE THE IMAGINED INTERIORS OF FOUR MILANESE LANDMARKS, SHOWCASING THE VERY BEST OF ITALIAN DESIGN FROM THE PAST AND PRESENT

HOMES • AMSTERDAM/ SYDNEY/ LONDON/ MILAN/ TAMPERE

PRACTICAL MAGIC • As the Red Witch in ‘Game of Thrones’, Carice van Houten cast quite the spell – but her Amsterdam home is next-level bewitching

Surprise and delight • Bold in design and big on functionality, the new extension of this reworked Australian period home shuns convention and embraces the unexpected

HOUSE OF FUN • By embracing colour, one family has turned their Notting Hill home into a place that boosts everyone’s mood

AND JUST LIKE THAT… • For the founder of fashion powerhouse La DoubleJ, this Milan home was an opportunity for reinvention and experimentation

MID-CENTURY • Devoted to design from the 1950s and 1960s, the new owners of this architectural time capsule of a home are its perfect custodians

Follow the SUN • Enjoy your own Greek odyssey this summer with our pick of the best design-led hotels in Athens and the Cyclades islands

WELCOME…

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