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House & Home Sunshine and Waterside Living Special

From a glow-up in the Hamptons to gardening in the Bahamas, intrigue in Venice to the cool of Cairo – plus swell surf shacks and delicious gelato interiors

A new crowd has designs on the Hamptons

House prices have increased 60 per cent in the past five years, and with it the peninsula’s clapboard and chintz aesthetic has segued to a high-design sensibility. It’s a sea change