Lead story
The long afternoon
Nine houses that treat daylight as a material — and the specific, unfashionable decisions that let a room glow at four o’clock instead of at noon.
Essay · 14 min
Journal
What the rooms are saying
Stories on designers, trends and the furniture we live with.
Designer
In the studio with Atelier Verhoeven
Three afternoons with the quietest practice in Ghent — on drawing by hand, saying no, and the value of a room left unfinished.
12 min
Colour
Ochre, the colour that behaves like light
It is less a paint than a time of day. A short defence of the shade every warm room quietly depends on.
7 min
Trend
Plaster, troweled by hand
Flat paint is losing to lime. Why designers are betting on walls that hold a shadow.
9 min
Furniture story
The soft chair returns
After a decade of hard edges, seating has gone round again — and slightly oversized.
6 min
Material
Brass, left unlacquered
The hardware that ages is the hardware that lasts. A short case for letting metal go dark.
5 min
Furniture story
The three-legged stool, reconsidered
The oldest seat in the house is also the most modern. On burl, balance and furniture that wobbles charmingly.
8 min