Discover how colour experts choose a Colour of the Year and explore the key paint shades and interiors colour trends set to ...

Originally two stone farmhouses, this beautiful Somerset home blends colourful mid-century design with vintage finds and ...

Before you donate that old sideboard or armchair, check this list – some vintage IKEA pieces are now coveted collectables!

‘Being Australian, I love the sea and a big horizon,’ says artist and former archaeologist Jane Dickins of her move from London to the seaside town of Deal. ‘London was really making me feel ...

There’s a letter in the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in Oxford composed by one of the previous occupants of this former vicarage in Chippenham, the brilliantly named Gilbertius Lake. In the ...

'We’d been looking for a house for about a year and had narrowed down the search to a part of east London known as Walthamstow Village,’ recalls freelance interiors stylist Marisa Daly. She and her ...

A quick dash down from Calais will bring you to Lille, a vibrant city with wonderful Flemish architecture, great restaurants and fantastic shopping. Once a year, on the first weekend of September, the ...

Originally created to embellish landscaped grounds surrounding royal palaces and chateaux, parterres have remained one of the most enduring of all garden styles. The individual elements of a ...

We all know that horrible sinking feeling when your favourite bowl or mug hits the floor. The crack of ceramic on tile is one we all dread. But what if there were a way of repairing broken ceramic and ...

Think of a classic dolls’ house and you’ll probably picture a perfectly symmetrical building with soft red-brick walls, tall sash windows, detailing around the front door and a hipped roof with ...

Ancient Greek city states are thought to have had distinctly different approaches when it came to visitors announcing their arrival. While Spartans would advertise their presence at the door with a ...

Originally made as practical vessels for serving ale or cider at harvest celebrations in the early 18th century, these simple slipware jugs are immensely collectable today. Feature Caroline Rees. The ...