Luke Arthur Wells
Luke Arthur Wells is a design writer, award-winning interiors blogger and stylist. He's created design content for some of the world’s top design brands, counting the likes of Tom Dixon Studio, Sonos, Jo Malone, Farrow & Ball and H&M Home as regular collaborators, from writing to shooting and styling products for their product campaigns and social media feeds.
His work has been featured in print and online in publications ranging from Domino Magazine to The Independent, Stylist, Grazia and The Sunday Times. He’s regularly been featured in Vuelio’s Top 10 Interior Blog list over the years, won the Best Creative Blog Award at the Amara Interior Blog Awards, and also judged the Sweetpea & Willow Blog Awards. He’s designed a sofa line with Swyft, as well as a custom paint color collaboration with COAT Paints.
He's a hands-on type of interiors expert too, contributing practical renovation advice and DIY tutorials to a number of magazines, as well as to his own readers and followers via his blog and social media. He’s adept at the art of the IKEA hack, and loves to mix low and high design in his interiors. He’s currently renovating a Victorian home in the UK, and loves to spend time pottering around in his small Mediterranean-inspired courtyard garden, which he designed and landscaped himself.
Luke trained at college as a stylist across fashion and interiors. For Livingetc, Luke covers design content, both inside and out of the house, and has an eye for discovering emerging trends.
Latest articles by Luke Arthur Wells
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5 Clever Small Laundry Room Storage Ideas You'll Want to Copy for Your Own
They may well be the smallest room in the house, but laundry rooms can be the hardest working with the right storage playing its part
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The 5 Golden Rules to Help Choose a Color for a Small Kitchen That Designers Swear by
Not sure which way to go when it comes to choosing a color for a small kitchen? Here's how designers approach it for spaces that never feel apologetically designed
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5 Kitchen Storage Trends That Designers say Will Actually Help you Make the Most of Your Space
These new ideas for improving your kitchen's storage might just be the key to unlocking its potential, according to designers
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Inset vs Overlay Cabinets — What's the Difference, and Which are Better for Your Kitchen?
When it comes to comparing inset vs overlay cabinets, it's not just about good looks, as a kitchen designer explains
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"There are so Many Better Options" — The 'Cluttering' Bedroom Storage Designers Say to Ditch in 2024
If you do one thing for your bedroom this year, it's to re-think your bedroom storage, according to designers
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8 Kitchen Design Choices You'll Live to Regret, According to Interior Designers — and What to do Instead
We asked designers — what are the biggest regrets people have about their kitchens? Here's what they told us
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5 Kitchen Cabinet Color Trends to Consider for Your 2024 Remodel — 'These Choices Feel Fresh, yet Timeless'
If you're looking at kitchen cabinet color trends for a remodel this year, these choices capture the spirit of decorating right now, but they won't date quickly
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How Can I Make my Bathroom Feel Less Cluttered? 5 Tricks for More Minimalist Spaces
You can create a calming, uncluttered bathroom through good design, say these interior designers
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5 Genius Ideas Using Zellige Tiles That Will Elevate Any Kitchen - Make This the Start of Your 2024 Remodel Moodboard
The right tiles can really transform a kitchen, but you can do more with them than a simple backsplash - these 5 designer-approved ideas go to prove it
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My Prediction? "Box Pleat" Sofas Will be the Couch Trend of 2024 - and They Feel Surprisingly Modern
Designers are re-introducing a couch detail I thought we'd seen the last of, but re-imagined in a modern, minimalist way
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It's Official: These Are the 10 Biggest Christmas Decorating Trends of 2024 - How Many Do You Have?
This year's Christmas decor trends sees a return to understated, simpler looks, say our design experts
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I think dark brown is the interior design trend for 2024 - these are the 5 other colors you should pair with it
For elevated schemes, I asked interior designers what colors go with dark brown best - from the minimalist to the more experimental, here's what they said
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5 exterior trends architects are loving that will make the outside of your home look modern, expensive and feel more private
Whether you're building a home, or looking to remodel to improve its curb appeal, these are the exterior trends architects are embracing for modern homes
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5 entryway seating ideas designers use to make a home's entrance look amazing, and the 'dated' thing they'll never do
The entryway seating that interior designers love, and the one idea they always avoid
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'It's the new accent wall, but better' – the next big trend that will make your rooms so much more interesting
The accent wall was a great way to make an impact with interiors, but the trend for 'accent reveals' works so much better, say designers
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What can I use instead of pea gravel in my yard? This is what most landscape designers I asked prefer to use
Gravel might be having a moment in landscaping, but it's not without its drawbacks. Here's what landscape designer suggest instead
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They're going viral! 7 faux beam tutorials that will convince you this DIY is exactly what your home is missing
You might be on the fence about the idea of faux beams, but these spaces prove that they can really deliver on the wow-factor
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How to make your coffee table look good – the 5 golden rules interior designers always follow
There's a fine line between a well-curated coffee table and your decor looking chaotic. Here's how interior designers approach choosing and styling them
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Does every room need a ceiling light? There's one in particular that really doesn't, these designers agree
I'm definitely part of the "anti-big light" movement in my own home, but where does it actually make sense to cull your ceiling lighting?
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5 interior design trends for 2024 that will make your home feel so much more expensive
These are the trends to buy into if you want a home that feels elevated and luxurious, according to interior designers
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How to position container plants on a patio – 10 simple placement tricks that make any backyard look better
This container garden expert shares their secrets to make your patio feel well-designed and purposeful
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5 outdated color trends interior designers are glad to see the back of – and what they're choosing for 2024 instead
These are the color trends that once made waves in interior schemes, but that now designers are leaving behind
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10 gravel landscaping ideas that have me convinced this is the lawn alternative to elevate modern backyards
I used to be on the fence about using gravel in a yard, but these ideas prove modern landscapers are using it in amazing ways
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5 things I learned decorating with this new kind of minimalism – it turns out it's the trick to more comforting spaces
Combining warm, cozy textures with a less-strict minimalist outlook, I took inspiration from the minimaluxe trend to create an elegant new look for my working studio
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