French interiors

Hoteliers know a thing or two about decor – why not bring that five-star feeling to your place, too?

French design duo Gilles & Boissier have channelled their shared vision into a home that is as personal as it is quietly profound

High up in the lush Cévennes mountains of the Gard in the South of France, British-born couple Lou and Dan Sayers have painstakingly restored a 17th-century farmhouse that is full of unexpected surpri

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Lisa Hilton is wowed by a French bistrot in Fulham

Inspired by the opulence of Versailles and the 1930s, the grandness of this Parisian apartment is offset by striking contemporary gestures and a touch of DIY