Some women like diamonds, some like furs, but few things make us go as weak in the knees as lifestyle stores. Give us a few distressed walls, some aromatherapy candles, some Balinese Bric-à-brac and the touch of Egyptian cotton sheets — and we’re happy.

Which is why, when we were invited to Bungalow 8 to hear seminal British designer Tricia Guild speak and launch her newest book Deconstructing Color, we accepted with alacrity.