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CONVERSATION PIECE • The object everyone is, will be, or should be talking about. This month: Ralph Lauren Home’s trunk end table showcases the beauty and history of Native American art forms.

ETCETERA • The little things are the big things. This month: globetrotting plates, no boarding pass required.

GET OUT OF THE HOUSE • Our columnist, who has stayed in her fair share of hotel rooms—and has designed some great ones herself—explains why they should not make you feel too much at home.

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PLATE KNIGHTS • A new exhibition at Paris’s Galerie Kugel unpacks the enduring appeal of Limoges enamel.

END PAPER • Have a 17th-century verdure tapestry on your wish list? Conjure the quiet drama of a Belgian Oudenaarde with Dedar’s Schwarzwald—one of the house’s most popular textiles—reimagined as a wallpaper. Digitally printed on a jute ground, the design lends a modern tactility to a centuries-old tradition. Schwarzwald Wall in Bleu Nuit, dedar.com

HOW FAR CAN DESIGN TAKE YOU? • Some trips make you feel right at home; others transport you far, far away. At Elle Decor, the joy of the journey is often in the beautifully decorated, well-appointed destination. Are we there yet?

…TO SEVILLE • The modern version of the Grand Tour looks something like this.

…TO HUDSON, NEW YORK • For their first hotel, designer and architect Adam Charlap Hyman and Andre Herrero looked to references as wide-ranging as Roman baths and renegade ’70s magazines.

…TO TBILISI • Designer Eka Papamichail takes us on an insider tour.

SUITE ESCAPE • Stave off homesickness in even the chicest hotel room by packing personal touches, preferably ones that fit in a carry-on.

…TO DINNER INSTEAD! • Can’t make a journey abroad this winter? Try these standout spots, where getting a coveted reservation is the first step of the journey—and the food is the rest.

…TO YOUR HOUSE IN JAPAN • Can timeshares be sexy? The founder of Japanese developer Not a Hotel, Shinji Hamauzu, wants to prove they can, with homes by Nigo and Bjarke Ingels.

…OR A HOTEL IN TOKYO • How do you reimagine a hotel that has shaped the fantasy of Tokyo for over 20 years?

A Wrinkle in TIME • On an if-you-know-you-know island, designer Lily Dierkes uses her film world experience to create a home worthy of the big screen.

PICTURE THIS • Photographer turned designer Leonora Hamill brings her discerning eye and love of color to a chic family retreat in Portugal’s sunny Alentejo region.

OUT OF THIS MUNDO • Seattle-based architect Tom Kundig is a daredevil—whether roadtripping in the desert or making audacious houses that meld with nature.

Go West! • For former U.S. ambassador Trevor Traina, a house in Jackson Hole becomes a labor of love, filled with the American art and antiques he has been collecting all his life. All he had to do to get the perfect view of the Grand Tetons was lift the house and turn it 45 degrees.

A Home at the End of the World • The designer Leda Athanasopoulou grew up with Patmos’s religious prophecies in her ear. But it was her singular eye that spotted an abandoned 17th-century house and revealed its future.

SOURCEBOOK • Designer Leonora Hamill reimagined a traditional house in the south of Portugal as a layered and colorful family retreat (page 60).

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