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  • Friday, 19 May, 2023
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    ‘I’m really not a fan of grey, plastic furniture in the garden. I much prefer natural materials and a feeling of lightness’

  • Friday, 19 May, 2023
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    From a waterfront house with its own private dock to one with views of the city skyline and Space Needle

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    FT SeriesThe world’s best house museums
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    ‘The house of the jazz musician is, in many ways, profoundly unassuming: low ceilings, creaky floors, wall-to-wall carpeting. In other ways, it is absolutely bonkers’

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    The bathroom reborn: designers do a utilitarian U-turn

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  • Friday, 12 May, 2023
    The designers conjuring 21st-century creations in a 12th-century castle

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    Where does Kate Moss go to rest, recharge and relax?

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    With its Palladian interiors and glorious gardens, it’s no wonder photographers, designers and artists flock to this ‘dream house’ in Norfolk. The 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley and his wife Rose give us a private tour

  • Friday, 12 May, 2023
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  • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
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    The show explores regal rites, endangered crafts and new creations

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