Martyn and Helen Clarke aren't chronic house-movers, but for each epoch of their family life, they've switched to a new place. They've had the babies-and-toddlers home and the growing-kids home. Now, with their children now aged 18 and 15, they have the living-with-teenagers home.

Out of Africa

Lovely ways to light up your life

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Hotels are embracing contemporary art to give their interiors an edge

You're doing the place up. It's all planned... until, just as you're running out the door, late, the builder floors you with the question: "So, where do you want this plug socket?" For this and other common unconsidered decisions, interior designer Nicola Gill of So Urban Design (sourbandesign.com) shares her experience...

Interior designer Sheila Dunlop has some tricks up her sleeve...

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Top draw

Jethro Macey picks his top ten talents from the New Designers ‘One Year On’ exhibition.

It's not just World of Interiors-worthy palaces that make it on screen as film or television locations – and the money is pretty good. I asked Sarah Eastel, of film-locations.co.uk, which has around 2,500 properties on its books, for the lowdown on how you can make your home screen-worthy...

To others, they're junk. To David Usborne, they are his life: useful gizmos, mysterious thingamajigs and anonymous articles that dominate his home.

Prints charming

Making house-guests feel totally comfortable is so important – and it's all about getting the details right...

1. Pine tree print