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Design Editor-at-Large

Élodie Marchand

BIID-registered interior designer · 18 years in residential practice

Élodie ran a London-and-Geneva studio for over a decade before turning to editorial. She specialises in the intersection of craft furniture and architecture, and reports on the European maisons for Luxury Hôm.

  • Interior design
  • Italian and French furniture houses
  • Colour and material specification
  • Home tours
7 articles · most recently September 15, 2026

By Élodie

Living room edited back for photography: a cream bouclé sofa and single sculptural chair, a travertine table holding one stone bowl, and a deliberately empty corner in raking morning light
Luxury Living·Interiors

Seller Staging That Photographs Like Editorial (Without Looking Staged)

At $700k and above, the first offer often arrives from a screen. How to edit, light and style a luxury listing so it reads like a design feature — not a furniture showroom — before the photographer walks in.

Library colour-drenched in deep oxblood, with walnut shelving, a mohair chair and a limestone fireplace lit by low lamplight
Decorating·Colour Trends 2026

The New Fall Palette: Rich, Restorative Colors for the Luxury Home

This fall, the most compelling interiors are moving beyond predictable autumn tones — a sophisticated palette of smoky greens, nuanced reds, deep browns and mineral-inspired neutrals designed to make a luxury home feel warmer, calmer and more personal.

Candlelit autumn table set with Belgian linen, hand-thrown ceramics, inherited silver and a low arrangement of dahlias and grapes
Luxury Living·Seasonal Living

The Art of Autumn Entertaining: Creating a Home Designed for Memorable Gatherings

Today's most memorable gatherings are polished but never stiff. From drinks beside the fire to a beautifully layered table, how to create autumn entertaining that feels effortless, personal and unmistakably at home.

Minimalist room with a plaster wall and a single lounge chair
Decorating·Colour Trends 2026

The 2026 Paint Colours of the Year, Decoded — House by House

Benjamin Moore went espresso, Dulux went indigo and Little Greene went aubergine. A guide to what every major paint house named for 2026, and how to use each shade at the top of the market.

Modernist white villa with floor-to-ceiling glazing at dusk
Luxury Living·Home Tours

Home Tour: A Glass Pavilion Above the Pacific

Inside a Malibu house where retractable walls dissolve the line between a linen-soft living room and forty feet of private beach.

Panelled lounge with a low travertine table and curved sofa
Decorating·Designer Spotlights

Brand Spotlight: How Minotti Defined the Modern Living Room

Seventy-five years on from a small Brianza workshop, the modular sofa that changed the shape of the room — and how to specify it well.

Double-height living room with linen sofas and a wall of glass
Luxury Living·Trends 2026

The 2026 Luxury Home Trends Report

Quiet materials, wellness architecture and the return of the formal room — the eight movements defining high-end interiors in the year ahead.

Élodie reports under our editorial standards: sourced figures, named credits and published corrections. Meet the rest of the desk on the masthead.