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The garden’s curvaceous planters “mimic the topography of a mountain,” Ary says. The topsoil in them helps keep the apartment below cool during the summer and stores stormwater runoff. Outdoor furniture from Vondom fills the seating area.

Elena Stein in the kitchen of the weekend cottage she shares with her husband, Roland, their three teenage children, and the family dachshund, Lucy, in the quiet hamlet of Seeland, three hours north of Berlin.

Emerald-green herringbone tile adds color to the roll-in shower of British TV presenter Sophie Morgan.