This festive season – live life near the Thames | Experience the luxury of glass art! | Retire to an extravagant life of comfort and more on decor and lighting...

From maintaining and extending the shelf life of your precious silk upholstery to taking care of hand woven rugs and dhurries — there’s a wealth of information we have culled together to equip you for the Festival of Lights. Not to be left behind is the luxury of a well-dressed bed…that bestows character to a bedroom. Besides creating a characteristic space, we show you ways of creating scenes and schedules using home automation that will leave you stress-free to enjoy your own party! Providing a break from our home décor Pre-Diwali Special are two exciting international projects. First, an upscale riverside residential project by Jestico +Whiles showcases spectacular views of the Thames whilst the second from Newcombe Design Group fosters social interaction amongst an ageing population via their approach to retirement living. Both are plush projects but target entirely different profile types. We do hope you enjoy this issue as much as we did putting it together! Wishing all our patrons a very splendid Happy Diwali and prosperous new year... Warmly, Marina Correa Special Correspondent