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With the line between work and home blurred, it’s important now more than ever to give your home office some more love and attention. So whether you’re feeling a little uninspired or if you just want to refresh and revive your office space, these celebrities’ home offices make for brilliant style inspiration. Our home office ideas show you more ways to decorate that are smart, practical and stylish. Reese Witherspoon Though Reese’s work space is mostly white and clean, it contains a few controlled bursts of color – mostly blue, which as we said before when we took a peek into Reese Witherspoon’s house, is her favorite shade to use for her interiors....

Produced by Cadogan, in association with the Royal Horticultural Society, Chelsea in Bloom runs from the 20th-25th May and extends the Chelsea Flower Show out into the local neighbourhood, offering a contemporary floral spectacle for visitors to view for free. Over 80 shops, restaurants and hotels have confirmed participation, from Sloane Street, Pavilion Road, Duke of York Square, and for the first year, the legendary King’s Road, to celebrate its re-launch in 2019....

The couple originally purchased the mansion – located on Indian Creek Island (nicknamed Billionaire Bunker) in 2020 – but announced their divorce in late 2022. The estate is perhaps the most notable of Tom Brady’s houses, dominating a chunk of land in the ‘world’s most exclusive municipality.’ It is one of only 34 properties available across 300 acres that boast waterfront views of Biscayne Bay, located on the Atlantic coast of South Florida....

See some of the world’s best homes – beautiful properties from around the globe Completed during a nationwide pandemic in May 2020, this home has become something of a sanctuary for the homeowners, and it is easy to see why. The seamless views of the Highgate Woods, light-filled passageways and exceptional use of indoor and outdoor space made the existing house spatially-aware and energy inefficient. What more could you want? We spoke to the creators at Mulroy Architects (opens in new tab) about the design project....

Perfect for your home office or to significantly improve your place of work, these desk organizers are the ultimate solution against clutter, and can boost your productivity. The right desk organizer for you will depend on what it is exactly you need to store, which probably means zoning in on the items that you reach for almost every day. If you still like to write by hand, that means factoring in space for stationery, or if you prefer to do everything on your computer, then think about ways you can hide pesky cables and wires....

Lucy Askew, interiors expert at Hillarys (opens in new tab) shares her advice for homeowners looking to take advantage of the opportunity to move up the property ladder on how to make a home look desirable to potential buyers partaking in virtual or real-life viewings, and ultimately achieve higher offers. 1. BOOST CURB APPEAL The first impressions of a home are vital, and as the front door and porch area is the first thing a potential buyer will see as they take part in a viewing, it’s imperative to give them a good feeling about the home from the get go....

The five-bedroom red-brick house is located next to the lively green spaces and cafes of Clapham Common yet enjoys a peaceful setting. The current owner is an artist, and creative flair is seen throughout the home. While the look is elegant and timeless, modern interventions, like the marble-topped stainless steel kitchen, merge seamlessly with original features, like decorative cornicing, ornamental door surrounds and old working fireplaces. See: World’s best homes – tour the globe’s most beautiful houses A formal drawing room sits at the front of the property, where natural light beams in through the bay window....

Ryan had made the trip with his boyfriend, furniture dealer Sean Robins, to see the house where he grew up and Sean’s mother Kathy quickly saw an opportunity to employ Ryan’s interior design skills. ‘When I got there, Kathy asked me to rearrange the furniture in her bedroom, which rapidly escalated to us both walking round the house with a legal pad talking about moving walls and changing lighting,’ Ryan recalls....

But you can grow rhubarb from Maine to Oregon; though not in the southern states, where it wilts in the hot temperatures. It’s a popular crop for desserts in the UK and across Europe, too. Forced rhubarb: the cream of the rhubarb crop Rhubarb that is specially grown to be harvested early is known as forced rhubarb, with its season from late December to the end of March. With pretty pink stalks, and a delicate flavor and texture, it’s also know as ‘champagne rhubarb’ and is considered the crème de la crème of the rhubarb crop....

You needn’t be building or putting on an addition for this eco home improvement to be part of your plans. A green roof can be added in some cases to an existing house, a garage, or a backyard building. But these planted roofs are far more than a great way to improve the view. ‘Green roofs are the most biophilic roofing system there is,’ says Karl Harrison, Trex (opens in new tab) decking pro and founder of Karl Harrison Design (opens in new tab)....

Kitchen renovation costs really depend on the breadth of your kitchen ideas, how high-end you want your finishes to be, and the size of your kitchen – plus, of course, the amount of reworking of the layout you want to do. ‘Asking how much a kitchen remodel costs is a little like asking how much a car costs. It really depends on what’s important to you and how large your home is,’ say the experts from Tollgard Design Group (opens in new tab)....

If you are starting a landscaping project from scratch, or just want to up the atmosphere in your backyard, you might want to know how much outdoor lighting costs. Outdoor lighting ideas are one of the most important elements of any design scheme, whether you are having them wired in at the start of the design process, or adding plug-in lights to an existing scheme. Experts agree that the cost of garden lighting more than pays for itself in extending the amount of time you can spend outdoors and in conjuring up a wonderful mood....

It’s one of our least favorite kitchen cleaning chores – a complicated mess of dirt, grease and cleaning products, one that we know full well that if we tackle more often it wouldn’t take so long to do, and yet we still manage to put it off when it needs it the most. It’s usually around this time of year when we’re cooking more than usual, and that having a dirty oven is made all the more obvious....

A bespoke piece of furniture can also be the answer to practical problems such as unusual layouts and wonky walls. In some scenarios, it presents an opportunity to flex a creative interior design muscle that has been lying dormant or solves a quandary that can’t be resolved with existing furniture. Either way, commissioning a bespoke piece of furniture is not only a chance to have something completely individual, tailored to your tastes as well as helping to support a rich tradition of furniture design and craftsmanship – both in the US and the UK....

But there are solutions to the potential problems that can make a remodeled basement a valuable extra floor of a house and a space that fits may needs – plus one that feels as practical and good looking as the remainder of a home. Bring your basement ideas to life without compromise with this expert guide to maximizing its potential. How to make the most of your basement The challenge of how to make the most of your basement has a number of aspects including its proportions, bringing light to it and, if it’s to be a series of rooms, how to divide it up....

A down comforter can go into a regular washing machine, but what’s crucial is that, as part of your laundry room ideas, you opted for a machine with a large enough capacity. The down can be adversely affected if there isn’t sufficient space inside the drum. If your washing machine isn’t large enough, you can still wash the comforter according to the laundry symbols on the tag. ‘Most laundromats have high-capacity front loaders to utilize,’ says Karin Sun, bedding and textile expert and the founder of Crane & Canopy....

The #CutPleatRepeat exhibition aptly combines both Deirdre and Richard’s talents through the theme of pleats – with particular inspiration taken from birds in flight. Folded paper and three-dimensional form both feature in Deirdre Dyson’s current collection of hand-knotted pieces – while Richard has an interest in shape dynamics from the movement he observes. Throughout the exhibition, Richard will take over Deirdre’s multi-storied Kings Road gallery to exhibit eight new paper sculptures throughout the property....

According to the Los Angeles Times, the couple purchased the 6,132-square-foot home for $8.5 million only 18 months prior to the recent sale. The singer, who rose to fame in late 2009, previously gave his 164 million Instagram followers a tour of the mansion, one of the world’s best homes, in October 2019 before asking if anyone was ‘interested’ in making him an offer. In the post (opens in new tab), he announced: ‘I think I wanna sell my home in Beverly Hills who wants it,’ before adding, ‘I’ll sell it with all the furniture....

The founder and principal of her eponymously named label is known for her multi-layered, sensory-stimulating design approach – famously exhibited through her sculptural furniture designs and daring color palette (she was the first and only designer to collaborate with paint powerhouse Farrow & Ball, after all). It is, therefore, only natural that her Halloween decor ideas follow suit. Knowing how to decorate tastefully for Halloween can often feel like a challenge – especially if your home’s color scheme clashes with traditional fall colors....

The latest? The tidying guru recommends creating what she calls a ‘power spot’ in your home. The simple concept is certainly something to consider when brainstorming new living room ideas for the winter. So, what is it and how do we make one? ‘For me, creating a “power spot” and spending time in it is one of my favorite ways to relax,’ says Marie. Speaking on the Netflix series Sparking Joy, she explains the idea, which is actually very easy to adopt, and it’ll make your home feel more uplifting, too....