You gather the guest list – and let the rooms define the disco

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Let colour lead the way. Mix bold florals, painted ceramics and multicoloured stripes on tableware and linens, then add extra wow with a centrepiece of paper stars. Star lanterns, £17.95 each, Paper S

Art Nouveau masters such as Louis Comfort Tiffany and Émile Gallé turned the most fragile of materials into iridescent masterpieces that shimmered like seashells or glittered like Byzantine mosaics, as Matthew Dennison discovers

It’s amazing to see how designers channel their talents into their own spaces. With day jobs being responsible for everything from haute couture to home design, how they create and configure their own

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