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There is no doubt that Ikea is one of the most popular and successful furniture brands for homes across the globe, with its founding principles rooted in providing simple, Scandinavian design that can integrate into spaces of all styles, ages and sizes. But no one wants a room or even a piece of furniture that looks exactly like everyone else’s. With so many of us choosing Ikea furniture for our interior design, there has been a rise in creative Ikea hacks, from designated companies offering bespoke customizations for products, to people showing off their innovative DIY skills on social media....

We feature Festive Folk in our decorating shoot, a celebration of characterful, handcrafted decorations. This issue also features wonderful real homes, with Sky McAlpine’s beautiful home a highlight. Chef and cookbook author Clodagh McKenna brings us beautiful Christmas decorating ideas – plus, of course, her tasty twists on traditional Christmas dishes. We will be trying them all at home this festive season. There’s a winter garden to enjoy, plus The 12 Days of Christmas, our amazing gift guide....

Edoardo, a developer and founder of Banda, a property and interior design practice, has unveiled the studio’s latest project – a penthouse near Westbourne Grove, London – currently listed for £6.9 million ($9.47 million). The apartment, which sits on the fringe of Hyde Park, is described by Banda as one of the ‘latest and most exciting projects in prime central London’ – and one of the world’s best homes. Here, we take a tour....

Madura was started in 1995 by Dr. K.M. Thiagarajan the then Chairman and CEO of the erstwhile Bank of Madura, who after experimenting with a new model of Self-Help Group (SHG) training and lending decided to create a sustainable profit-based model of rural lending. As part of this effort, 95 rural branches of Madura bank were developed and equipped for this operation and this transformed the banks, rural banking division. By the year 2000, Bank of Madura had developed 1500 SHG’s, the largest SHG project ever undertaken directly by a commercial bank in India....

Second, the market must be ready for the idea, which means, you have to do some test marketing. Or at least hold some dialogue with the relevant community. I know several ideas which were wonderful but the market was not ready and they did not succeed. The third is—you need to put together a team of people that have complementary strengths. You need people who understand technology, marketing, sales, finance, human resources, etc....

Is PrizeGrab Legit? Truth Revealed Is PrizeGrab Legit? Truth Revealed A lot of people try their luck in betting and sweepstake opportunities like the one offered by PrizeGrab. With anything which relies on luck, there is chance of losing but it is what makes PrizeGrab fun. However, there are many fake apps like PrizeGrab and one should be careful before using them. PrizeGrab offers points and one can also win PrizeGrab unclaimed prizes but we go over that, let us learn more about the app....

Kitchenaid claims this mixer still has all of the power of its bigger sister, despite its little size. We put it to the test by mixing up a series of bakes to see how it performed and to see if it really can still take it all on. The KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixer (the larger model) is renowned for its appearance on The Great British Baking Show, and for the multitude of sumptuous colors that you can snap it up in....