49 rooms. Each names the piece it was built around — what it costs today and where to buy it — then what we would buy to finish the room. No mood boards with nothing to buy.
49 rooms, each photographed or rendered here and sourced piece by piece.

Seven fluted amber cylinders on a five-foot gold bar over a marble island, cream cabinetry and lit glass-front cupboards. Five pieces, all priced.
5 pieces
Three brass cones on a rod over a marble bar, navy panelling and rust velvet stools. Five pieces, all priced.
5 pieces
Three brass cones over a white oak island, deep green cabinetry and tall windows. Five pieces, all priced.
5 pieces
Two woven rope domes over a butcher block island, cream shaker cabinets and a brass bridge tap. Five pieces, all priced.
5 pieces
One woven dome, a low walnut platform bed, a writing desk and a red maple through the glass. Five pieces, all priced.
5 pieces
A woven rope dome over a low oak platform bed, shoji screens and two trees in dark pots. Five pieces, all priced.
5 pieces
twenty clear globes on radiating brass over a boucle L at golden hour. Six things in it are real and priced.
6 pieces
a brass ring of swirled glass over eleven feet of boucle, forty feet up from a limestone street. Six things in it are real and priced.
6 pieces
Two woven rope domes hung either side of an oak platform bed, shoji light and a jute rug. Five pieces, all priced.
5 pieces
Three swirled amber pendants over white oak and marble at golden hour. Five pieces, all priced — the lights are $328 each.
5 pieces
Two glossy green domes with brass interiors over a marble bar, dark oak cabinetry and a brass sconce. Five pieces, all priced.
5 pieces
One green dome lit over a round walnut table, a built-in banquette and a botanical print. Four pieces, all priced — the light is $95.
4 pieces
Three glossy green domes with brass interiors over white oak and marble. Five pieces, all priced — and the lights are $95 each.
5 pieces
The same looping gold over six feet of walnut, cream boucle chairs and an olive tree in a terracotta pot. Six pieces, all priced.
6 pieces
Looping gold leaf in a tall entry hall, a nine-foot olive in a terracotta pot and a dark console under a landscape. Four pieces, all priced.
4 pieces
A black and wood candle bar over an oval table, olive velvet chairs and a terracotta wall. Six pieces, all priced.
6 pieces
The same speckled stone dome over a marble waterfall island, pale rift oak and a brass gooseneck tap. Four pieces, all priced.
4 pieces
One speckled stone dome on a dark chain, a cream linen sofa and a round marble table on a solid pedestal. Five pieces, all priced.
5 pieces
One thirty-inch grey dome on a brass chain, walnut panelling, and cream boucle chairs. Five pieces, all priced.
5 pieces
Looping gold leaf over a cream sectional, a marble block on a bronze plinth and a nine-foot olive tree. Seven pieces, all priced.
7 pieces
A brass grid dropping clear bulbs at staggered heights, linen bedding, a walnut headboard and a jute rug. Four pieces, all priced.
4 pieces
Frosted globes on brass chain over six feet of walnut, cream chairs on splayed legs, garden through the glass. Five pieces, all priced.
5 pieces
The same stepped ceramic pendants, lit, with the garden going gold through open doors. Five pieces, all priced.
5 pieces
Clear globes on brass over a marble waterfall island, rift white oak all the way round. Four pieces, all priced.
4 pieces
Clear glass globes on branching brass, cream boucle, and a marble block that sits straight on the rug. Six pieces, all priced.
6 pieces
Three stepped ceramic pendants in Midnight Sky over six feet of walnut, cream chairs and herringbone floors. Five pieces, all priced.
5 pieces
a bay-window bedroom drawn to a brief, then sourced piece by piece. Six things in it and every one is real and buyable.
6 pieces
a crystal branch chandelier over a camel velvet sofa at sunset. Six things in it and every one is real and buyable.
6 pieces
a lit stone ring over a cream sectional, with the pool behind. Seven things in it and every one is real and buyable.
7 pieces
a brass sputnik over a sand sectional at dusk. Seven things in it and every one is real and buyable.
7 pieces
a brass rod over a boucle curl, a raw stone table and a wall of records. Seven things in it and every one is real and buyable.
7 pieces
a brass molecule over a marble waterfall island. Three things in it are real and priced; the rest is cabinetry.
3 pieces
a balanced brass mobile over a cream sectional in a high-window loft. Seven things in it are real and priced.
7 pieces
a gold rod over a curved boucle sofa and a gold-flake canvas. Seven things in it and every one is real and buyable.
7 pieces
three glowing rings over a marble island under a skylight. Three things in it are real and priced; the rest is cabinetry.
3 pieces
a gold twig chandelier over a brown velvet sectional and two green swivels. Seven things in it and every one is real and buyable.
7 pieces
a grid of brass rods and glass globes over a cream bed. Five things in it are real and priced.
5 pieces
a cluster of frosted globes on brass chain over a walnut table. Four things in it are real and priced.
4 pieces
twelve clear globes on brass arms over a cream sofa and two green velvet swivels. Seven things in it and every one is real and buyable.
7 pieces
a high-floor dining room drawn to a brief, then sourced piece by piece. Eight things in it and every one is real and buyable.
8 pieces
a fringed brass chandelier over a walnut table in the trees. Five things in it are real and priced.
5 pieces
a crystal branch chandelier over a mocha sectional and two olive velvet swivels. Seven things in it and every one is real and buyable.
7 pieces
a brass rod over a cream bed, with olive trees either side. Five things in it are real and priced.
5 pieces
a long oatmeal sectional under a three-foot brass starburst. Seven things in it and every one is real and buyable.
7 pieces
branching brass arms and clear globes over a boucle sectional. Seven things in it are real and priced.
7 pieces
a banded stone drum over a cream sectional and a travertine block. Seven things in it and every one is real and buyable.
7 pieces
Leicht handleless cabinetry, Miele appliances and one 35-inch dome over a quartz island. Photographed in our own kitchen at dusk.
7 pieces
A real living room, photographed in our own house. Eight pieces on the floor and every one of them is something you can buy today.
8 pieces
Dark beams, a white sofa and one black slab on a marbled rug. Photographed in our own house — seven pieces, every one of them sourced.
7 piecesSeven rooms’ worth of finds, sorted the way people actually shop. Lighting first — it is the piece that changes a room fastest.
142 fixtures, every one photographed in a real room. Chandeliers, pendants, sconces, vanity lights and fans.
Consoles, coffee and tea tables, dining and living room sets — handmade, mostly one-of-one.
Dining sets, seating sets and planters. Patios that read as rooms.
Floor vases, faux trees, rugs and the pieces that hold a room together.
Mirrors and canvases that fill a wall without a gallery wall.
A desk worth sitting at, and the tech that runs the house.
The upgrades you touch every day and never think about.
Twelve of the 313 pieces currently on the list. The rooms above are the better way in.
One wide dish of translucent stone slung on brass chain. Lit, the whole bowl turns honey-coloured. This is the hero fixture.
Three fluted alabaster shades in a row above a long dining table. The shape that suits a rectangular table — a round fixture over a long table always reads wrong.
Thick oak against warm plaster, black abstract art above, one dark vase on top. This is the composition people save and never manage to copy.
Extendable table and six cushioned chairs, shot in a garden in blossom. Acacia weathers to the same silver as teak.
Slab top under two rattan pendants, bench on one side. This is the whole dining room in one photograph.
Teak-toned frames and cream cushions arranged around a low table by a pool. Modular, so it fits an awkward terrace.
Woven-front walnut against plaster, art leaning above it. Under five hundred, and it is the best-photographed cabinet on this page.
Ribbed mango wood with a stone top, photographed in a pale living room beside a fig. The fluting is what makes it read as expensive.
A black textured sphere nearly waist high, photographed with a person beside it for scale. Scale is the trick — one big object beats five small ones.
Eight feet of faux olive in a woven basket under a two-storey window. This is the corner-filler for a room with real height.
A tangle of bleached root under a round mirror and two candles. Under two hundred and fifty dollars for a piece that reads as sculpture.
Handmade iroko frames and a round drum table, shot poolside at a villa. The most expensive thing on the page, and it photographs like it.