Across smart city flats and chic country cottages, festive décor is shifting. Budgets tighten, spaces shrink, tastes mature.

Decor trends change like seasons. One decade found us proudly installing chevron wallpaper in the summer, and the next, spending a weekend scraping it off with a mixture of fabric softener and regret.

"It's a disposable pipette system. The clear tubes are glass or plastic with markings for the volume inside. The orange/red ball is a hollow, collapsible ball with a hole over the pipette tip. The ...

We've put together a list of odd activities that will leave you feeling less stressed, more relaxed, and maybe even a bit ...