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Interior design predictions for the year ahead, from Country Life’s guru Giles Kime.
The pelmet
Together with fabric-lined walls, a very deep chair and a roaring fire, there are few things more cosseting than a pelmet.
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They have the pulled-together look of a well-tailored suit and offer an additional buffer against light and sound. They’re a faff compared with a pole, but a faff that is definitely worth tolerating.
The flower room
Dreaming of an enormous open-plan kitchen the size of Wembley Stadium? Sadly that’s now a bit 10 years ago. The thinking person’s mega kitchen isn’t any smaller, it’s simply sliced up into spaces dedicated to specific purposes.