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Hard floors, glass walls and open plans photograph beautifully and sound terrible. Acoustic comfort is the last unfashionable part of interior design, and the cheapest to fix.
Aug 8, 2026
The design changes that keep people in their own homes are cheap, undramatic and almost always installed after the fall rather than before it. The obstacle is not cost. It is that the fittings look like hospital equipment.
Aug 19, 2026
Beige's reign over neutral interiors is ending. 2025 brings warm terra cotta, mossy sage greens, and rich chocolate tones that promise rooms with actual personality.
Feb 15, 2024
The most livable minimalist rooms are adding grain, woven surfaces, aged metal and imperfect objects without surrendering calm or useful empty space.
Jul 28, 2026
New homes emit around 2.5 times their design estimates on average. Non-domestic buildings run to 3.8 times. The studies that established this looked at buildings that had been published as exemplars.
Aug 19, 2026
Building a new home of the same size can produce up to thirteen times the embodied carbon of refurbishing the old one. That number has started appearing in planning decisions, which is how a technical argument becomes a policy.
Aug 18, 2026
Maximalism is officially strategic. 2026 designers pair bold jewel tones with intentional craftsmanship, ditching minimalism for rooms that demand attention and touch.
Jul 10, 2024
