Decorating Your Home: Inspiring Ideas, Expert Advice, and the Latest Trends

From choosing the perfect color schemes and textures for each room to creating layouts that are as functional as they are beautiful, our dedicated interior design experts work alongside the world’s top designers to bring you guidance at every step. We can help you select furnishings, lighting, fabrics, and those finishing touches that make a space feel polished, personal, and effortlessly lived-in. Drawing on decades of experience exploring the world’s most inspiring homes, we know exactly how to combine practicality, personality, and style to create interiors you’ll love for years to come

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Interior design might sound simple – picking colors, furniture, layouts, all lovely choices to make – that is, until you actually have to design a room from scratch. It’s both an art and a science, and, as with any subject, once you understand the fundamentals, and the key principles, everything else becomes infinitely easier. You can also find more in-depth guides on designing a lighting scheme and nailing a layout.

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