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This innovative toaster design features a smart touchscreen display, where you can choose exactly what you want to toast and how you want it to be toasted, allowing for you to have a perfect, speedy toasting experience with little fuss. Listed as one of the best toasters on Oprah’s Favorite Things (opens in new tab) of 2022, she describes the design as, ’the iPhone of toasters’. And even better, this holiday season, multiple Revolution InstaGLO Toaster models are on sale – so make the most out of these great discounts before they disappear, and purchase one of the smartest toaster’s around....

The great and good of the gardening world attending a glittering awards ceremony in London last night, where the winners were revealed across categories including everything from International and UK residential projects, design for the environment, to planting design – with one of them taking home the grand prize of the overall winner. In addition there was the judges’ award, chosen from all winners, and the People’s Choice award sponsored by Homes & Gardens, which was the only one put to a public vote....

The property had been in the same family for more than 60 years and was in desperate need of love and attention. But with its adjoining barn and series of dilapidated outhouses, plus 16 acres of wild gardens and meadows, it was a project that needed heart and soul. ‘We both have a passion for interior design and wanted to modernize the property in a way that bridged the gap between contemporary and traditional living,’ says owner Alice Cobon....

‘The setting is beautiful with its striking sea views, and my clients were keen to capitalise on that,’ says Stéphanie. ‘They wanted to bring nature into the heart of the property by creating indoor and outdoor spaces that are perfectly interconnected.’ What particularly struck Stéphanie when she first visited the two-storey villa, now one of the world’s best homes, was its somewhat glitzy décor, a throw-back to the 1980s. ‘It involved a lot of chrome and shiny handrails,’ she says....

Even from inside the leaves seem almost touchable. Dramatic is an understatement. ‘The main view was always to be of the pond with the woods behind it,’ explains Astrid, ‘because I’d always wanted to look out onto woodland.’ After 25 years in London, Astrid and her former husband Jamie were keen to make the break to the country. ‘We were after a more peaceful and soul-nurturing lifestyle,’ she explains, so along with daughters Olympia and Atlanta, they eventually made the move 10 years ago....

See more: World’s best homes – our page dedicated to fabulous properties The property The property The owners began looking in the Borough area. However, one day, they were browsing properties online and spotted a place for sale in a block of Victorian flats in Putney. They lived in the area early in their relationship, so they decided to take a look. It is around 260 square metres on the fifth and top floors of the block, with views of the river....

‘The brief was to update and expand it so both their families could enjoy it,’ says Sarah Eilers of Lucas/Eilers Design Associates (opens in new tab). ‘They wanted a comfortable, modern interpretation of a ranch house.’ The design concept for this ranch retreat developed from the family’s Texan roots, combined with their eclectic mix of traditional and contemporary styles. With plans to accommodate large groups for entertaining, the ceilings were raised and walls were knocked through to connect the primary areas of the space....