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The Extra Chair: Why The Best Dining Rooms Never Quite Match - Surround Living

The Extra Chair: Why The Best Dining Rooms Never Quite Match

There is a certain charm to a dining room that refuses to follow the rules. A table that doesn't quite match its chairs, vintage glassware beside contemporary ceramics, or a collection of dining pi...

The Gesture of Hospitality: How to Make a Guest Feel at Home - Surround Living

The Gesture of Hospitality: How to Make a Guest Feel at Home

Company is Coming  Discover The Guest Room Collection → There is an art to making someone feel at home. It is found not only in the grand gestures of hospitality, but in the quieter details: the so...

Diwali: A Study in Light - Surround Living

Diwali: A Study in Light

As homes are illuminated for the Festival of Lights, Diwali offers a lesson in something designers have long understood: light has the power to transform not only a room, but the way we experience ...

Lifestyle10 Types of Bar Stools for Every Home Style and Space - Surround Living

10 Types of Bar Stools for Every Home Style and Space

A bar stool does more work than it looks. It sets the mood of a kitchen island, a home bar or a quiet corner of an open-plan room. The right one depends on two things: your style and your space. We...

Lifestyle5 Vintage Glassware Styles to Complement Your Vintage Furniture - Surround Living

5 Vintage Glassware Styles to Complement Your Vintage Furniture

Glass looks different on different wood. A crystal flute on a teak sideboard says one thing. The same flute on a lacquered cabinet says another. We believe a room works best when its objects talk t...

A Seat At The Table: Pour, Serve, Gather. - Surround Living

A Seat At The Table: Pour, Serve, Gather.

Setting the scene for the festive season. There is something about the end of the year that draws us back to the table. Dinners stretch a little later, another chair is pulled in from the next room...

Between Angels & Mara: Bangkok Art Biennale Returns - Surround Living

Between Angels & Mara: Bangkok Art Biennale Returns

Bangkok Art Biennale returns, turning the City of Angels into a meditation on beauty, desire and the contradictions in between. Bangkok has never been a city of singular identities. Gold-leaf templ...