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DISCOVER: CREATE STAY: KIP HIDEAWAYS VISIT: PANTECHNICON
ACADEMY Our need to explore and search out Celebrate the rising trend for all
Be inspired and hone new skills new places may have been quietly things Japandi, (that’s the blend of
with guided tutorials from industry simmering over the past year, but Japanese and Scandinavian styles)
experts at Create Academy. Through as we look ahead to new travel with a day out at Pantechnicon,
their online courses, you can learn possibilities let Kip Hideaways fill the new design behemoth that’s
the principles of interior design you with a sense of wonder. For landed in Belgravia. Five floors
with Rita Konig or how to eat well the small membership fee of £10 of creativity and craftsmanship
with nutritional therapist Amelia a year, you can unlock a curated explore Japanese and Nordic
Freer. We’re excited to join florist selection of over 80 boutique cultures through food, drinks and
and stylist Willow Crossley from rental properties across the British shopping. Start off with a little
her Oxfordshire barn as she shares Isles. We’ve got our eye on the retail therapy in The Edit and
her know-how on arranging and characterful Cotswolds loft with its The Studio. For design lovers,
sourcing flowers and plants. Learn beautiful natural swimming pond, heavyweights like the Japanese
about seasonal cutting guides and but there is plenty to choose from. studio Nendo and the stylish
how to make arrangements for Will you pick the off-grid bothy in transporters tokyobike are at
your table, as Willow shows the Oban or a cosy woodland cottage home here. Then head upstairs
techniques and tools she uses. Each in the Cairngorms? Each dwelling for a delicious Japanese breakfast
course costs £127 and is broken down is aimed at two to six people with or sample a Nordic cocktail or two.
into short video lessons to absorb at prices kept to an affordable range A must visit is the Roof Garden
your own pace. createacademy.com of £70-£300. kiphideaways.com restaurant. pantechnicon.com
FEATURE LAURA VINDEN IN THE KNOW: Interior designer Adam Bray has a newly opened
shop in north London selling furniture and objet – definitely
worth a visit if you are in the neighbourhood, adambray.info.
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