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holiday spirit • House Tours is back! Find out how to book tickets to our live event on page 46

Living Etc

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design radar • Interior designer Linda Boronkay on the pieces catching her eye this month

house style • For the first time, we’ve brought the Livingetc aesthetic to life, decorating houses that are now for sale. Pip McCormac explains how our collaboration with FABRICA led to some elevated homes

painted bar stools • Wooden kitchen seating has been given a colourful update – perfect for perching on

best in bedding

rugged good looks

so sweet

plant perfection

homespun joy

graham and green

night lights

place in the sun

utilitarian • Cool khaki colours and stripped back designs are marching down the runways and into our homes

green goddess

pebble dash

jagged edges

fine artistry

life after life

news report • A new breed of extraordinary outdoor spaces is reviving the Regency trend for pleasure gardens – and we couldn’t be happier to see them

sassy salad bowls • We’re bowled over by these beauties – start chopping

how to… create a holiday vibe at home • Who needs to travel to feel the sunshine in their souls when top designers are dishing out advice for making every day a vacay right here?

lifestyle reboot • Jessica Mason, founder of bedding and loungewear brand Piglet, on starting small, structuring work around dog walks and splitting her day between two continents

livingetc house tours is back! • JOIN US IN LONDON’S PRIMROSE HILL TO TOUR SIX INCREDIBLE HOMES FROM THE PAGES OF OUR MAGAZINE

fabulous spaces • EACH MONTH WE CHOOSE ONE ROOM TO GET YOU IN THE HOUSES MOOD

ahead of the curve • Interior designer Irene Gunter has brought a symphony of glass and arched edges to this reinvented Chelsea townhouse

la dolce vita • Collette Dinnigan and Bradley Cocks have restored an ancient Italian farmhouse with stunning vintage pieces, natural fabrics and the colours of the olive grove in which it sits

as the light falls • Evelyn and Stefaan’s neoclassical townhouse beautifully blends modern design with period details – which all gleam in the rays of the sun

Pastel Power • Maya Hendrix’s fabulously fresh west London home shows the decorative impact a few pops of happy hues can have

a beautiful union • Decorative Spanish Mission-style architecture meets a contemporary glass-box extension in this harmonious family home reimagined by design duo Kathryn Robson and Chris Rak

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design & decorating • A COOL DETAIL SETS THE TONE FOR OUR PROJECTS SECTION

summer skies • Blue and yellow are the shades of hazy, lazy days – bring these vibrant hues back home for a look that’s sunny all year round

style file: summer lounging • TAKE CHILLING OUTSIDE TO NEW HEIGHTS WITH SOME GORGEOUS KIT

pattern book • HOT RIGHT NOW ARE WALLPAPERS FEATURING TROPICAL FLAIR LANDSCAPES CAN YOU FEEL THE HEAT?

colour insight • LUCINDA CHAMBERS, CO-FOUNDER OF LUXE FASHION LABEL COLVILLE, TALKS COMBINING COLOURS

style columnist • MINNIE KEMP PONDERS THE POWER OF COLLABORATION AND HOW THE BEST IDEAS SEEM TO COME FROM TWOS. HERE ARE HER DYNAMIC DUOS…

behind the design: house of hackney’s palmeral print • FRIEDA GORMLEY ON HOW HER ICONIC PALM-LEAF PATTERN USHERED IN A NEW DECORATIVE ERA THAT’S STILL GOING...