"Instead of opting for stripe-on-stripe, look for a tie patterned with dots or diamonds," says Jolyon Bexon, manager at Gieves & Hawkes. "The smart option is to co-ordinate the tie's minor colour – ...

Welcome to the last article in my series aiming to fix the 10 most common decorating mistakes. In Week 9, we danced over floors and this week we dazzle the eye with pattern. Pattern can be subtle ...