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Woman & Home
Lifestyle
Millie Hurst

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 5 essential design rules to stop your home from looking like a show home - The Untold Story

Three images of cosy homes with natural materials.

When we're taking on a redecorating project and enlisting the help of an interior designer, we often worry that we'll end up with something that looks too perfect and not enough like us. Like how your hair feels after the hairdresser's before you've run your hands through it.

No one wants a home that resembles an IKEA showroom – we want a well-designed, "happening" house with shoes by the front door and the promise of something tasty wafting through from the kitchen. So how do you achieve that stylish foundation that's a little rough around the edges?

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