Homes and Design

Homes and Design

Designer Alejandro Cateto on the "Throw It All Out" Renovation Mistake: Old Terrazzo and Hydraulic Tiles Are Hard to Replace With Anything as Good

Before the builders tear everything out, check what your flat is hiding. Floors, ceiling mouldings and old joinery often can't...

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Andy Murray's hotel in Scotland: an 1874 Victorian house bought for around 2 million euros, which Kim Sears decorated with velvet, floral wallpaper and a purple tennis court

The former tennis player bought Cromlix in 2013, at the peak of his career. Ten rooms, five suites, a chapel,...

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Why Every New Flat Looks the Same: Designer Laura Martínez Says It's Not the Beige and the Oak - It's the Copy-Paste Solutions

Oak, a minimalist kitchen, a spa-style bathroom and sandy tones. The Spanish designer explains why new builds look like a...

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Krystyna Dwernicka's House in the Loire Valley: A Polish Aristocrat, a Mural With Her Late Husband's Name and a Kitchen in Polish Pottery

Descended from the Radziwiłłs, she grew up under communism and learned to remake everything. An 18th-century house with no minimalism...

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Manolo Escobar's house in Benidorm: 363 square metres of pure eighties, a brick fireplace, burgundy velvet and his wife's portrait above the hearth

Five bedrooms, five bathrooms, a pool in Sierra Helada and not a single minimalist corner. The Spanish legend's home is...

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An 80-square-metre attic in Salou: a semi-open kitchen, made-to-measure furniture and a bathroom with bath and shower under the sloping roof

Sloping walls are usually an excuse for empty corners. Here they became a walk-in wardrobe, a reading bench and a...

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Chenoa's Living Room in Madrid: Whitewashed Brick, Oak Floors and, Instead of a Red Velvet Sofa, a Creamy White Couch

The singer who joined Operación Triunfo 25 years ago has decorated a home without luxury. Most of the ideas in...

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Susana Griso's House in Madrid: Navy Velvet, a Persian Rug and a Glass Porch - Lessons That Work in a 60-Square-Metre Flat Too

A TV presenter who lives in a rush every morning built herself a home where everything moves slowly. The best...

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Designer Pia Capdevila: there are no good or bad materials, only well or badly chosen ones - what to put on the floor, in the kitchen and in the bathroom so it lasts twenty years

Before you pick a tile because it's on trend, ask the question rarely heard in a tile showroom: what will...

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A 90-square-metre flat in Madrid lost a bedroom and gained a lot more life: the kitchen moved from the entrance to the heart of the home

The designer removed an entire bedroom so the kitchen could reach the dining table. Sometimes a small flat is saved...

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Echo in the living room: the decorating mistakes that make your home noisy - and how to fix them without knocking down walls

Bare walls, glass, an open kitchen and too much empty space: a home can look perfect and sound like an...

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The living room goes back to the seventies: dark wood, curved sofas, mustard and burgundy - and ten rules so it doesn't look like a museum

The dark wood wall unit is back in fashion, but the rule is clear: borrow the decade's warmth, don't reconstruct...

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