Journal

Interior design

Villas and private residences as their own discipline — living rooms, bedrooms and dining spaces built around comfort.

leather

Aniline leather in depth — the most open, most natural finish there is, and what living with an unprotected hide really means.

Interior design

Interiors shaped by how people sit, rest and gather — Sitdesign's holistic approach to bespoke interior architecture.

How minimalist interior design creates calm and order — and rooms that keep working when the trend has passed.

The questions to put to an architectural firm about scope, fees and timing before you sign anything.

What an architectural firm actually does between the brief and the build, and why the process decides the result.

This year's decorating approaches sorted into the short-lived and the ones worth building a room around.

Why one room calms you and another keeps you alert — the psychological effect of colour choice in an interior.

Ten things to check before you hire an interior designer, from scope and fees to references.