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(Image credit: Simon Bevan. Art Director and Interiors Stylist: Hannah Franklin. Fashion Stylist: Harriet Nicolson at Stella Creative Artists)
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Here’s why we’ve called our latest decorating shoot Absolutely Fabulous. It revels in the exuberance of Italian glamour, where confidence and wit meet bold color and irreverent form. Drawing on the spirit of the Seventies, it’s a look that thrives on play.

You'll see emerald greens with cobalt blues, cherry reds with flashes of gold, all layered in ways that seduce as much as they surprise. Furniture celebrates sculptural fluidity, with curving sofas, asymmetric tables and chairs that feel almost animated in their scale and charm. Pattern is unrestrained, from oversized geometrics to painterly florals, and surfaces shine with lacquer, velvet and mirror, catching the light with theatrical drama.

It's a design trend that recalls the spirit of Milan Design Week, where studios such as Dimore and Missoni showed how fearless color and form create interiors full of energy and character. On their own, each detail is striking. Together, they deliver a mood of unapologetic glamour — interiors that are witty, confident and, above all, absolutely fabulous.

a woman in a puffy dress standing on a silver swirling coffee table with a blue tiled fireplace in the background

a woman sat at a dining table with a brass base on a patterned chair with a bold wood grain red wallpaper, with close ups of the scene

a fluffy multicolor sofa in an artistic room with red carpet and draped voiles, and a woman in a pom pom dress

a collage of close up images of opulent homewares and a bedroom with wood paneled walls and a brass bedhead

Sarah Spiteri
Sarah Spiteri
Global Brand Director and Group Editor-in-Chief

Sarah Spiteri is the Global Brand Director and Group Editor in Chief of Homes & Gardens, Livingetc and Ideal Home, overseeing the editorial direction and creative strategy across three of the world's most iconic interiors titles. With more than 15 years’ experience in lifestyle media, she combines deep editorial expertise with real-world design insight, having renovated three homes and led multiple interior projects. Sarah is passionate about inspiring stylish, characterful living through storytelling that bridges classic design principles with contemporary ways of living.