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...“But, actually, I think what we have now is rather brilliant,” Wood says of the Arts and Crafts-era space with soaring vaulted ceilings and brass pendant lights, the quarry-tile floor dappled with light...
...Who Brown Harris Stevens House, Victoria, Canada, C$2.4mn ($1.79mn) Where On the Oak Bay border in Victoria, Vancouver Island. Gonzales Beach is 15 minutes walk away....
...Wisteria clings to the walls of the garden, where Bonheur’s beloved animals — sheep, horses, birds, lions and monkeys — once roamed freely, and the woods beyond loom deep and dark....
...the US,” says the owner of Scène Ouverte, whose Design Miami Paris presentation will focus on young designers: Abel Cárcamo, whose sinuous, animalesque forms are wrought in marble, bronze and patinated wood...
...From £40 for a small hole, elbows from £150 each; collingwoodnorrisdesign.com Victoria Woodcock Invisible Menders of Knightsbridge, LondonThis family business offers excellent alterations and world-class...
...“We did red tortoise-shell walls, imitation of ebonised wood on the woodwork and then a trompe l’oeil ceiling. It is the most exciting thing I’ve done recently,” she says....
.... £10.99 (Walker Books), blackwells.co.uk The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Katherine Woods This is a gorgeous slip-cased gift edition of a treasured classic....
...We live in a crumbling old cottage in the middle of the woods, and we’re slowly chipping away at it. We don’t have heating yet....
...created this old-world bespoke business, working with incredible craftsmen, but they’re also contemporary entrepreneurs,” says Stilin, highlighting a pair of coffee tables they recently created together in wood...
...Most of it is concrete – the same colour as the dunes – mixed up with Brazilian wood. I don’t have any art on the walls; the views through the windows are like living paintings....
...Bamboo handle by Matilda Goad & Co, from £26 Handmade in wood with a glossy lacquer finish....
...“If the issue of that day had been different, the Britons and the Saxons might still have been wandering in the woods.”...
...Most moved to the south of British Columbia and set up Chinese hubs in Victoria, New Westminster and Vancouver....
...“Wood as a medium allows me to slow down; it’s a meditative process that speaks of the plasticity of time.”...
...At this home on a working farm in Victoria, Australia, the earthy palette reflects its rural surroundings, while part of the property doubles as a gallery to indulge the family’s passion for art....
...British designer Bethan Laura Wood is also a fan: she owns the laminated Royal Chaise Longue, designed by du Pasquier in 1983 in collaboration with Sowden (and available from Memphis Milano)....
...Experimenting with a new business model is Matt Carey-Williams, who left Victoria Miro gallery in London last year and is now setting up solo....
...Post exertion, stop by Moguls Alpine Bar for festive drinks and wood-fired pizzas. £14.50 for adults, £12.50 for children, £47 for families, bathonice.co.uk Christmas at the Eden Project, Cornwall Journey...
...The tools students use today — the hammer or metal “chisel hardie”, set in to blocks of wood — have barely changed over the centuries....
...Many of his signature dishes are cooked or smoked on a wood-burning grill; the roast chicken is superb....
...Among those sipping a winter cocktail was Gemma Martinez de Ana, who has moved to the area with her fiancé from Victoria Park in east London....
...A looser, more organic approach defines the Nin console table, which features a cathedral base of hollowed-out wood in swooping curves....
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