Homes & Gardens

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Homes & GardensI Tested the Hestan NanoBond Titanium Skillet – It’s Pricey, but It Makes Everyday Cooking Feel More Luxurious Your cookware is just as important as the ingredients you use, and upgrading to pieces that will last a lifetime can feel like a real kitchen rite of passage.

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Homes & Gardens2027's Biggest Kitchen Color Trend Predictions Are In – Softer Palettes and Unexpected Combinations Have Got Designers Talking Color is one of the most difficult design decisions in a kitchen. Unlike a living room or bedroom, repainting or changing the palette is rather tricky, so getting it right the first time is…

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Homes & GardensCheckerboard Might Be Classic, But This Playful, 'Nostalgic' Alternative is Taking Over Tile Trends in 2027 Checkerboard tiles may be one of the most enduring layouts you can choose, but there's a less expected pattern taking the reins.

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Homes & GardensA Bee Hotel Gives Pollinators a Safe Place to Shelter – We’ve Found 16 Beautiful Designs Made From Natural Materials A bee hotel is one of the most charming garden accessories you can get your hands on. With lots of crevices to hide away in, they provide crucial shelter for nesting bees and you'll even spot the…

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Homes & GardensThe ‘Whimsy-Maxxing’ Trend Isn't Fleeting, It's the Answer to a Home Packed With Personality – Shop 20 Playful Pieces to Get the Look Homes, just like people, have personalities. Some are polished and restrained, while others are vibrant, spirited, and full of life.

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Homes & GardensThe 2020 Cottagecore Kitchen Trend Is Back – But This Time It’s Surprisingly Sophisticated We all remember the cottagecore era . Light, rustic woods, white and cream palettes, and a dusting of florals to add a bit of pattern.

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A room is a decision about how you want to be tired at the end of the day.

I live in forty-eight square metres in Tokyo with one good chair and far too many bowls, so I have had to mean that. I trained as an architect and left to write, which my teachers took badly. Uchi (内) means inside, and it means home: the room you come back to. The palette comes after the tiredness. So does the name on the lamp.

This is where I keep what the world's rooms are doing. Around seventy sources, read in Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, Italian, French and English: an apartment in Seoul, a house outside Taipei, a Copenhagen showroom seen from here rather than from Denmark. East first, because east is where I am sitting.

Each story is a headline, an excerpt of a few lines, one photograph and a link to whoever did the work. We never reprint the piece, and the photograph belongs to the person who took it. When a room was written up in Korean or Italian it stays in Korean or Italian here; the link takes you to the writer's own words.

I am not trying to be complete. I am trying to notice.

— Mio Tachibana, Tokyo