49 h. ago An interior expert's three easy decluttering hacks to help get your home organised in less than 10 minutes

When Bobby Berk talks, we listen. The beloved interior designer began his award-winning career at the age of 15, when he dropped out of school and moved to New York. There, he worked for various home-furnishings companies before landing a job at Portico, where he climbed the ladder from store manager to buyer to creative director.

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3 d. ago Why is Interior Design Masters not on today? BBC schedule change explained

Interior Design Masters has been moved from its usual TV slot 🚨

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4 d. ago Interior designer, 38, hanged herself after becoming hooked on ketamine when her relationship broke up, inquest hears

Interior designer Emma Neame took ketamine and may have been hallucinating when she ended her life in the garden of her flat.

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4 d. ago Changing Rooms' Anna Ryder Richardson very different new life at Welsh zoo

Changing Rooms icon Anna Ryder Richardson has been on a rollercoaster since the show came to an end in 2004, with the interior design expert now running a zoo

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4 d. ago ‘You might find it scary’: artist Huma Bhabha squares up to Giacometti with wellies, skulls and teeth

The Pakistan-born sculptor was nervous to show her irreverent work – made using plastic bags, pincers and chairs – beside the Swiss existential hero’s but tells us ‘they’re enjoying each other’s company’Two tonnes of Huma Bhabha’s works greet you before you even reach the entrance of her new exhibition at the Barbican in London. They are four powerful ancient-looking giants, with rough-hewn surfaces, gouged and blackened (the effect achieved by first carving in cork, then casting in patinated bronze). With their enormous skull heads towering above you, baring pincers and rows of teeth, it’s as if you’ve stumbled on the set for an apocalyptic sci-fi film. “It seems they’re suddenly here, as if they’ve just come out of the elevator,” Bhabha says affectionately.Bhabha is here to install her work alongside 10 sculptures by Alberto Giacometti, her first public display in the UK since 2020. “Encounters: Giacometti” is the first in a three-part exhibition series organised with the Giacomet...

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8 d. ago Top interior designer's failsafe rule all households can follow for stylish home

Following this particular rule from a top interior designer will ensure your home looks seriously stylish this spring, and the expert has also revealed how to avoid some of the common mistakes we make when decorating our homes

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9 d. ago Design hotspots: interior designed hotels and destinations within each reach of London

Looking for some interiors inspo, a spot of pampering and a bit of respite from the city? All three?

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1 week ago Wild swimming: 10 spots to cool off within an hour of London

The authors of the Outdoor Swimming London book share their favourite swimming spots within easy reach of the capital by train, tube and car

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1 week ago Quirky interior design firm that supplied furniture for King Charles' sprawling Cornwall manor is 'destroyed' in horror blaze

Sharing the news on social media, traders said '30 years of antiques, tools, and new machines have been destroyed' adding owner James Petrie had got burn injuries trying to put the fire out.

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2 w. ago TODAY'S TV WITH SARA WALLIS: BBC hopefuls clash over colours as Alan Carr brings back Interior Design Masters

Alan Carr is looking for the next design genius as BBC One's Interior Design Masters returns, while ex Corrie star Sally Lindsay is testing your '70s knowledge on Channel 5

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3 w. ago I'm an interior designer, here's how you can spruce up your home for summer without breaking the bank

With the warm months approaching, it's a perfect time to spruce up your home. And you don't need a full-blown renovation or a maxed-out credit card to make your space feel fresh for summer.

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3 w. ago Interior designer shares decorating mistake all homeowners are making

Interior designer to the stars Kelly Hoppen has shared her top tips for giving your home a seasonal refresh - and it won't cost you the earth

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3 w. ago Interior designer details how to perfect a spring spruce for your home

Kelly Hoppen, who appeared on Dragons' Den, has just launched her second homeware collaboration with Marks & Spencer - a sleek and sophisticated monochrome edit.

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3 w. ago Top interior designer Kelly Hoppen reveals decorating mistake all homeowners make

Interior designer Kelly Hoppen has shared her top tips when it comes to refreshing our homes over spring and has revealed the common mistakes that many of us make

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3 w. ago How to enlist London's top interior designers on the cheap to help renovate your home

Online courses and consultations to book for expert interiors help that won’t break the bank

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3 w. ago Uyghur rights group calls on hotel chains not to ‘sanitise’ China abuses in Xinjiang

Growth in international hotels coincides with government effort to push region as a tourism destination Almost 200 international hotels are operating or planning to open in Xinjiang, despite calls from human rights groups for global corporations not to help “sanitise” the Chinese government’s human rights abuses in the region, a report has said.The report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) identified 115 operational hotels which the organisation said “benefit from a presence in the Uyghur region”. At least another 74 were in various stages of construction or planning, the report said. The UHRP said some of the hotels also had exposure or links of concern to forced labour and labour transfer programmes. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago TV show Outrageous Homes is on the hunt for Scots' daring interior designs

Presenter Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen will visit properties across the country in search of fabulous, awe-inspiring homes where the owner has designed their home without fear.

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last month Enlist top interior designers from Beata Heuman to Rita Konig for as little as £50 — here's how

Online courses and consultations to book for expert interiors help that won’t break the bank

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