Luxury Housing Trends & Home Improvement Ideas

What are the wealthy considering luxurious in 2005? In the UK Times Online article What Rich Tenants Want, the current trendy tastes are described: “Forget heavy panelling and even heavier carpets. The look now demanded by top City tenants… is walls gently washed in sophisticated pastels, dark wooden floors and lacquered furniture… quite antiquey and faintly oriental; there are old-fashioned armchairs and a wooden dining table.” According to designer Allegra Hicks, it’s more about classical than gimmicky technology.