A Cherished Home

The Bargain Hunt Spotter’s Guide to Antiques – Karen Farrington

Bargain Hunt is a British institution, entertaining audiences for over 20 years, and encouraging us to look for diamonds in the rough at antique fairs and shops across the country.

Interview with Gesa Hansen, Estelle Marandon, Charlotte Huguet authors of Coming Home to Nature: The French Art of Countryfication

Coming Home to Nature is a wonderful book, how did you create it working as a team? When all three of us met in the countryside a year and a half ago, the idea of writing a book about urban migration and a new lifestyle came up quickly; we realised that

Coming Home to Nature: The French Art of Countryfication – Gesa Hansen, Charlotte Huguet, Estelle Marandon

A calmer life enriched by its surroundings, with more space at home, a burgeoning garden, and a relaxed ambiance is a seductive combination. But a country house is different from a cozy apartment, just steps from modern conveniences.

Celebrate 120 years of Peter Rabbit this Easter!

Commemorate the birthday of Beatrix Potter’s best-loved mischief-maker – Peter Rabbit The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter’s first published work, has been a much loved and treasured part of so many families and this year celebrates 120 years since it was published in 1902 and throughout this year there will be celebrations popping up in bookshops, toyshops and online.

William Morris (Victoria and Albert Museum)

A pioneer of the Arts & Crafts Movement, William Morris (1834–1896) is one of the most influential designers of all time. Morris turned the tide of Victorian England against an increasingly industrialized manufacturing process towards a rediscovered respect for the skill of the maker. Morris’s whole approach still resonates today,

1950s Fashion Print – Marnie Fogg

Description: An essential sourcebook of prints from a key fashion decade. The 1950s was the decade when an analytical approach to design, with a lightness and freshness, combined with whimsical imagery and idiosyncratic subject matter. Showcasing hundreds of print designs, this book celebrates the heyday of postwar fashion design.

Exploring beautiful Buildings

Many of us have a love and a fascination with beautiful buildings but what about the younger generation? Developing creativity and a curious mind is so important and while children will be encouraged to catch up on more academic subjects in school, it is also vital to their futures that their creativity is also stimulated.

Timeless Paris: Ateliers – Emporiums – Savoir Faire by Marin Montague

Artist and designer Marin Montagut takes readers inside his favourite quintessentially Parisian locations, seemingly untouched by time, that provide rich creative inspiration.

A Year on Our Farm • How the Countryside Made Me – Matt Baker

Away from the bright lights of hosting our favourite television programmes, Countryfile, The One Show, Blue Peter and many more, he is often in the company of his family, dogs, array of sheep, Mediterranean miniature donkeys and a whole host of wildlife in the farm's ancient woodland.

Design Secrets – Adding Character and Style to an Interior to Make it Your Own – Kit Kemp

Design Secrets is a unique, lively and informative masterclass which will become your touchstone for top tips, do’s and don’ts and creative projects to add a fresh and exciting feel to your living space. It even has its own colouring-in book to explore new colour ideas.

Interview with Emma Weeks, Owner of The Treasure Trove Interiors

It was really a long-anticipated change in lifestyle that inspired me and my husband Christian to set up The Treasure Trove Interiors. Having moved from London down to Brighton in 2010, I managed the commute back to the City for a couple of years and over that time, began planning the change in career from Office Manager, to running my own furniture business.

Interview with Maxine Hall & Paula Moss of Blackpop

We are delighted to have the opportunity to interview Maxine Hall and Paula Moss, Designers and Directors of Blackpop. What inspired you to create Blackpop? Blackpop was a midlife plunge into the unknown for me.

Al Fresco Living

Picture the scene, a beautiful table setting, birdsong in the background, the sun setting and delicious food laid out on the table surrounded by the smiling and happy faces of friends and family. As we start to have more freedoms, there are more opportunities to create evenings like this. If

The New Elegance: Stylish, Comfortable Rooms for Today – Timothy Corrigan

Written by Timothy Corrigan, Contribution by Michael Boodro Description AD100 and Elle Decor A-List designer Timothy Corrigan shares his secrets for creating rooms that are elegant and comfortable, luxurious yet livable.Throughout his career, Corrigan has established a look that is layered and detailed, while always suitable for the way people

Celebrating our Homes

If there is one positive thing to take from 2020 it is the year that we became really grateful for our homes. There may have been times when we recognised its shortcomings as we struggled to accommodate children, parents and working from home. We may have lamented the lack of