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Matching furniture sets are on the way out and deeper woods are back. Here is how to mix walnut, oak, cherry and teak in one room so it looks collected, not accidental: five simple rules, room by room.

Japandi blends Japanese restraint with Scandinavian comfort, and the current version runs warmer: oiled oak, walnut and earth tones instead of pale wood and white. Here is what defines the style and how to build a room around it, one piece at a time.

Rust, olive and chocolate brown are replacing grey as the default warm palette. Here is how to use them so a room feels current, not like a 1974 den

Scandinavian rooms are built for long northern daylight — which is exactly why they can feel austere once the sun drops. Here are five changes that add warmth back, in the order we'd make them.