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...But unfortunately in the last 100 plus years it has been banished, so to speak, or destroyed.”...
...£770, 8hollandstreet.com FOR THE FOREVER-COLD Natures Collection sheepskin hot-water bottle, £69, at couvertureandthegarbstore.com FOR BUSY MINDS Airstream stay on the Isle of Skye, From £130 a night, plus...
...Rooms Our first-floor room had the feel of a modern Swiss apartment, with a little kitchenette, parquet floor, modern lamps and grey and lake-blue furnishings....
...Another plus: I often find that bedside lamps are not bright enough to read by. (This is one of my pet peeves in hotels.)...
...There is also a bed collection in organic cotton and linen, and in cotton and cashmere, that can be lavishly layered with a queen-size cashmere blanket edged in a choice of cashmere chevron ribbon, plus...
...Plus, many buyers prefer pieces that haven’t been repaired or polished (I count myself among them)....
...I always loved the story that the motifs on the black lamp posts in the City of Westminster — two letter Cs back-to-back — were a loving gesture by the duke to his paramour....
...Imagine if I could have this sculptural table lamp to illuminate my scattered notes so I can meet those deadlines! baccarat.com...
...Anima, the flagship restaurant, spreads across two low-ceilinged and timber-clad dining rooms and out into the hotel’s front courtyard, where guests dine amid greenery and fairy lights (and heat lamps, for...
...There are very few collective acts of creation once you pass the age of finger painting and making little clay candle-lamps, yet cooking together is one....
...We care only when a famous auction house gets involved to sell on Sylvia Plath’s recipe cards or Joan Didion’s hurricane lamps or Charlie Watts’ rare book collection....
...Though the building dates back to 1565, the rooms are modern and minimalist: white walls, grey felt curtains (at least in mine), black Louis Poulsen AJ lamps and floors of Swiss stone pine....
...At night, clever use of electric lighting — pendant lamps just above head height on a suspended track rig — turn the barn into a warmer, more relaxing space....
...I might also bring out some battery-powered lamps for the dining table. My final tips? Keep the menu simple....
...Plus, as I mentioned, lampshades can really zhuzh things up: I enjoy making unexpected pairings: that metallic shade, for example, with the terracotta lamp, or perhaps something more old fashioned, marbled...
...gift-shop offering is the peerless range of furniture inspired and influenced by the many artists on display, including the Dalí-inspired, red-lips Bocca sofa, Yoshitomo Nara coasters and colourful ’80s-style lamps...
...To cut costs, skip The Saleroom (which adds a fee of 5 per cent plus VAT to the hammer price) and bid directly through the auction house, as many have online platforms of their own, says Herbert....
...I’ve stayed in them all during my three-plus decades of reporting on Spain’s hotel scene – but none nails the genre like the soon-to-reopen Grand Hotel Son Net....
...In my fridge you’ll always find everything you need to throw a good party: champagne – if money is no object, then it’s Cristal – plus lots of wine, Arethusa half-and-half for my coffee, soft cheeses, manchego...
...Standouts included the totem-like Conterie floor lamp – the design drawing on porcelain pieces found in the Ginori 1735 archive and crafted in handblown glass and porcelain....
...The only touch of colour is the orange desk lamp — apparently orange kind of lights up a room, but you don’t want too much of it....
...Plus the chance to discover places within the city centre that no one has seen. “Alcova has [also] become a place where curators and publishers go to look for new talent,” he says....
...Expect an environment calibrated to the likes and needs of the digital nomad, from open-plan working spaces and a media and arts hub to a freshwater “bio” pool, beach club and ball courts – plus 13 suites...
...It involves 70 UK companies with a total of more than 3,300 workers who will get the same pay as before, plus an extra day off every week....
...Microproteins, often sidelined for study because of their small size, are involved in brain development; others attract little interest because they are linked to rare diseases, even though the 7,000-plus...
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