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Tips for lighting every room in your house

From minimising glare in living rooms to zoning your kitchen, we asked lighting designers for their best pieces of advice for each room in the house
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Why do designers hate spotlights and what are some stylish alternatives?

Spotlights, or downlights, are a divisive lighting solution. Designers often opt for more interesting options which offer the opportunity to be decorative. Here’s our guide to the best alternatives…
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Ginori 1735 launches its first range of furniture, designed by Luca Nichetto

Expanding its offering from porcelain tableware to a capsule lifestyle collection, Ginori 1735 has worked with some of the best creatives Italy has to offer to create sophisticated and joyful pieces for the home.
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All of your beeswax: waxing lyrical about the world's buzziest wax

There's a buzz about candles… specifically, those made from beeswax. Discover why these apiarian tapers are all the rage - and how to make your own
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Our executive editor's picks for illustrious lighting

Each month Laura Normanton will turn her attention to a new shopping theme - this month it's lighting
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Sophie Dahl on the magic of good lighting

Our columnist Sophie Dahl reflects on 'rooms drawn with light' and how a well-designed lighting scheme can bring a room to life
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Throwing shade: our decoration editor's rules for choosing a lampshade

Ruth Sleightholme's advice on scale, pattern and proportion
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How to prettify your plugs, sockets and switches

Let your plugs, sockets and switches light up the room in more ways than one
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Antique of the week: why the Anglepoise lamp has never gone out of style

Dating from the 1930s, the original Anglepoise lamp was a feat of engineering. Jane Audas details how to spot a real one–and why we should care
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How to maximise natural light in your home, and benefit from it

Natural light is a beautiful and important resource in any home – and how you use, shape and maximise it can make or break an interior
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Antique of the week: the fanciful delights of toleware lights

In our latest weekly antiques column, Jane Audas discusses the light-hearted pleasure of painted toleware lights