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HEATHER YOUNG ON HOW TO BOOST THE FEEL-GOOD FACTOR
2 min |
January 2025
Ideal Home UK
PRUNING WISTERIA
IF YOU WANT WISTERIA TO BLOOM TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL IN SUMMER, NOW'S THE PERFECT TIME TO PRUNE IT BACK
2 min |
January 2025
Ideal Home UK
IT'S COLD outside
DANIELLE TOLSON HAS CREATED A MODERN LIVING SPACE THAT'S FULL OF TRADITIONAL TOUCHES FIT FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON
4 min |
January 2025
Ideal Home UK
Weekend decorator
FROM CLEVER TRICKS TO MINI DECOR PROJECTS, WE ROUND UP THE SIMPLEST, QUICKEST WAYS TO MAKE YOUR HOME MORE BEAUTIFUL NOW
4 min |
January 2025
Ideal Home UK
HOME FOR the holidays
INSPIRED BY THE LOCATION, LOUISE CLARK AND ADAM GRAHAM HAVE GIVEN THEIR BUNGALOW A COSY TRADITIONAL FEEL
4 min |
January 2025
Ideal Home UK
WHITE Christmas
EMMA AND ANT'S ELEGANT HOME MAY BE ALL SERENE SHADES OF CREAM AND WHITE, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT MADE FOR FESTIVE FAMILY FUN
4 min |
January 2025
Homes & Antiques
TRAVEL
Six of the best pineta, plus a festive trip to Covent Garden. Review of The Orange, Belgravia by Katie Pike, travel stories
2 min |
December 2024
Homes & Antiques
Candy CHRISTMAS
Pastel hues, vintage decorations and bowls of sweet treats: the festive run-up is gloriously joyful at Bettina Færgeman's historic Copenhagen apartment, where there's an emphasis on entertaining...
2 min |
December 2024
Homes & Antiques
NICHOLAS LEES
The ceramic artist talks to Dominique Corlett about new ways of working with clay and blurring the edges of solid objects
4 min |
December 2024
Homes & Antiques
THE SHOW MUST GO ON
Victorian toy theatres charming and exquisitely designed miniature worlds have inspired theatre royalty for decades. Today, the tradition is being kept alive by a small but talented network of makers
6 min |
December 2024
Homes & Antiques
Let it snow
Nostalgic, magical and highly collectable, snow globes are curious objects of wonder that never fail to instil joy
7 min |
December 2024
Homes & Antiques
OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE
Stumbled upon by chance, this ingenious material was a more affordable option than solid silver, and well-preserved examples are particularly desirable today
3 min |
December 2024
Homes & Antiques
Merrily on high
Summoning servants since the 1700s, bell boards create instant English country-house style (even if you don't have any servants). Emma Longstaff dons her pinny
3 min |
December 2024
Homes & Antiques
Velvet Crush
Once the preserve of the wealthy, velvet finally touched all levels of society, thanks to advances in its production process
3 min |
December 2024
Homes & Antiques
Lisa Coppin
The Cotswold Company’s chief creative officer shares the pieces that mean so much to her
2 min |
December 2024
Homes & Antiques
Celebrating in the Stable
Antiques dealer Julia von Hülsen specialises in Gustavian pieces - all of which look perfectly placed in her German home
2 min |
December 2024
Homes & Antiques
Work life balance
Lucy and Guy Rutter - a ceramicist and artist respectively - have found the ideal place to live and work: a Victorian property in Faversham attached to a once-neglected studio...
2 min |
November 2024
Homes & Antiques
DARREN APPIAGYEI
The wood artist talks to Dominique Corlett about seed pods, creative reinvention and the life-enhancing feeling of turning a lathe
4 min |
November 2024
Homes & Antiques
Collecting NUTCRACKERS
Not just for Christmas, these nostalgic keepsakes come in an abundance of novelty shapes and styles, offering character and affordability for budding collectors
4 min |
November 2024
Homes & Antiques
WHY I COLLECT Medals
Oliver Miller, managing director of Bishop & Miller Auctioneers and Valuers, is fascinated by medals - for him it's all about the preservation of stories for future generations...
3 min |
November 2024
Homes & Antiques
LUKE HONEY'S Enthusiasms
On an autumn day in 1783, a sheep, a duck, and a rooster became the first living creatures to fly in a hot air balloon.
3 min |
November 2024
Homes & Antiques
Fashionably CURATED
Roni Lang's home in Deal, situated above her clothing store, is every bit as creative and stylish as you'd expect from a fashion designer
2 min |
November 2024
Homes & Antiques
Farm FUSION
A farmhouse near Cape Town has been given a rustic-meets-industrial makeover, using found materials and objects, as well as treasures brought back from afar
2 min |
November 2024
Homes & Antiques
48 hours in FUNCHAL
Jenny Oldaker discovers Madeira's capital to be an elegant, artistic place with wide open spaces, verdant beauty spots and a picture-perfect sea-facing location...
4 min |
November 2024
Homes & Antiques
SAVVY Sophistication
Affordable and intriguing charity shop and eBay finds are teamed with statement pieces in this impressive Victorian home in West Yorkshire
3 min |
November 2024
Your Home
FLORAL centrepiece
Add drama and colour to your mantelpiece with a showstopping floral arrangement like Callieanne's
1 min |
November 2024
Your Home
I've used feel-good shades for a happy home'
Interior designer Holly Scott brought this plain new build to life with a carefully curated colour palette, statement artwork and gold accessories for an elegant look
3 min |
November 2024
Your Home
Child's CANOPY
Create a magical hideaway for your little one with this easy-sew floaty canopy, like Holly's
2 min |
November 2024
Your Home
Industrial shelves
Make practical log storage a stylish feature in its own right with this rustic shelving unit made from scaffold poles and boards, like Hannah's
2 min |
November 2024
Your Home
Something to sip...Sloe gin
Make up a batch of flavoured gin now for delicious gifts come December
1 min |