Glossy black, grassy green and tropical turquoise make up the palette du jour

A life spent wandering from London to Los Angeles left artist Danny Fox hankering to drop anchor in his native Cornwall. His expressive cottage, which blurs the line between home and studio, is a delightful departure from Hollywood glitz

When ghost-story lovers Barbara and René – who often find their sculptures weren’t where they left them – discovered a place up for grabs on a swish street in Brussels, they were delighted. Not least since it made them near-neighbours to one of Belgium’s weird-fiction luminaries…

Where are all the collectables in Sir Paul Smith’s London house? In fact, the fashion guru is glad to let his wife’s tastes prevail, says Gareth Wyn Davies, though British art is a pooled passion. First published: September 2021

Property prices aren’t the only thing that have gone through the roof in fashionable Columbia Road in Bethnal Green. So too have the owners of Ishkar, a chic shop specialising in Afghan goods, who eschew ceilings in their nearby – and now lofty – terraced house

Angels painted on old wallpaper add an ethereal air to the 400-year-old Provençal farmhouse owned by one-time Picasso model and now artist Lydia Corbett

Left adrift from a break-up, designer Erick Millán turned to technicolour decoration to heal his broken heart

The muted tones and relaxed chic of Madonna’s Miami pad provide a cool contrast to her dazzling global status. First published: September 1994