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Homes to LoveSteph Claire Smith and Josh Miller’s family farm receives a major price cut Fitness guru, entrepreneur, influencer and model Steph Claire Smith fondly tells the story of how she first met her now-husband, Josh Miller, during a horse ride around her family’s farm in country…

Homes to LoveChristmas planning checklist 2026: A week-by-week guide to a stress-free Christmas Staying on track with the logistical side of Christmas preparation, from getting the tree up to having the menu planned and the bonbons sorted, while keeping that festive spirit alive in your heart…

Homes to LoveOur favourite Australian pyjama and loungewear brands that are chic and comfortable Rest is a sacred ritual, and one that we argue should be honoured with quality bed sheets , the perfect pillow and, of course, comfortable pyjamas.

Homes to LoveOur favourite pieces from Dinosaur Designs new collection Looking to the natural world for inspiration should come as little surprise, given its perennial beauty and seemingly inexhaustible capacity to captivate.

Homes to LoveThe Block 2026 auction results deliver magic in Mount Eliza After months of grueling competition, the final hammer has officially fallen on The Block with the 2026 auction results delivering a nail-biting conclusion to the show’s 22nd season.

Homes to LoveTour Lisa and Rosco’s completed Block home The Block returned for a record 22nd season in 2026, and, alongside the other contestants , Perth couple Lisa and Rosco battled it out over 12 weeks to build a modern mansion in Victoria’s Mount…

Homes to LoveHow to create a welcoming guest room Every year our homes fill with loved ones for the festive season; some come for a day; others need to stay the night.

Homes to LoveJamie Durie’s Future House returns for season 2, where Australia’s housing crisis meets bold building solutions After building his luxury off-grid home in Sydney’s Northern Beaches , a years-long project plagued by planning restrictions and construction delays, Jamie Durie gained a unique first-hand insight…

Homes to LoveTour Chantel and Wyatt’s finished Block house The Block returned for its 22nd season in the Mornington Peninsula’s Mount Eliza , where Gold Coast couple Chantel, a mum and founder of an activewear brand, and Wyatt, a personal trainer, brought…

Homes to LoveTour Adam and Jolene’s finished house on The Block 2026 Landing in Mount Eliza for The Block’s 22nd season, plenty feels familiar – but even more feels all new.

Homes to LoveSee inside Courtney and Sev’s winning home from The Block 2026 As The Block 2026 drew closer to auction day , best friends Courtney and Sev continued to push for perfection, with an impressive run of results.

Homes to LoveTour Rick and Tayla’s finished home from The Block 2026 For its 22nd season, The Block 2026 landed in Mount Eliza on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, where father-daughter duo Rick and Tayla, alongside the 2026 contestants took on five luxury homes set…

Asia now

アジアの今 · What's on view, the homes each region is looking at this week, and what its press is covering — in English

On view

Homes this week the newest rooms from the region's press

The wire the region's press, translated

How Asia lives in 2026 from the region's own trend reports

Sources

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About

A room is a decision about how you want to be tired at the end of the day.

I live in forty-eight square metres in Tokyo with one good chair and far too many bowls, so I have had to mean that. I trained as an architect and left to write, which my teachers took badly. Uchi (内) means inside, and it means home: the room you come back to. The palette comes after the tiredness. So does the name on the lamp.

This is where I keep what the world's rooms are doing. Around seventy sources, read in Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, Italian, French and English: an apartment in Seoul, a house outside Taipei, a Copenhagen showroom seen from here rather than from Denmark. East first, because east is where I am sitting.

Each story is a headline, an excerpt of a few lines, one photograph and a link to whoever did the work. We never reprint the piece, and the photograph belongs to the person who took it. When a room was written up in Korean or Italian it stays in Korean or Italian here; the link takes you to the writer's own words.

I am not trying to be complete. I am trying to notice.

— Mio Tachibana, Tokyo