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What Makes a Piece of Furniture Timeless?
A timeless piece of furniture does not have to be quiet, neutral or impossible to date. Many of the pieces we return to have a distinct point of view: an...
How to Choose the Right Coffee Table Shape
A coffee table can look perfect on its own and still feel slightly wrong once it is placed in a living room. Often, the issue is its shape: a table...
How to Style an Empty Corner
An empty corner can make an otherwise considered room feel slightly unfinished, but filling it simply for the sake of filling it often creates a different problem. The aim is...
Why Is Everyone Decorating With Chrome Again?
Chrome is returning because interiors are moving away from uniformly warm, matte finishes and towards stronger contrast. After several years dominated by pale timber, bouclé, brass and soft neutrals, reflective...
10 Pieces Worth Building a Room Around
Some pieces of furniture are selected once a room is nearly complete. Others arrive first and determine everything that follows. These are the pieces with enough scale, shape, colour or...
8 Celebrity Furniture Pairings
Celebrity homes can be fascinating, but instead of analysing what they already own, we decided to imagine what they might choose from Bazaa. From contemporary performers to enduring cultural icons,...
5 Interior Design Love Languages
We often describe interiors by their style: modernist, traditional, minimalist, eclectic. Yet they do not fully explain why we respond to certain spaces and objects. Our choices are often emotional. One...
The Dinner Party Test: 10 Pieces Guests Will Notice
There is a moment at every good dinner party when the room becomes part of the conversation. Someone pauses on the way to the table. They notice something across the room,...
The Art of the Unexpected Pairing
The most interesting interiors rarely belong to one style, decade or design movement. They are assembled through contrast: something polished beside something weathered, a traditional silhouette beneath an abstract painting,...
The Pieces Interior Designers Always Buy Vintage
Some furniture is simply better with a little history. Vintage pieces introduce materials, craftsmanship and unusual proportions that can be difficult to find in newly manufactured furniture, while giving a...
Why Copenhagen Is Becoming One of the Most Influential Design Cities
Every few years, a city seems to shape the way homes look around the world. Paris had its moment. Milan continues to set the pace for furniture design. More recently,...
Why We're Seeing More Curved Furniture Again
There's something happening in interiors that feels surprisingly subtle. After years of sharp silhouettes and perfectly straight lines, curves have quietly returned. Sofas feel softer, mirrors have rounded edges, coffee...