Embracing her love of textiles and pre-loved finds, Jules Haines has turned a tired Tunbridge Wells townhouse into a colourful home with an important message ...

Blenheim Palace is a masterpiece of Baroque architecture, paired with beautifully landscaped gardens, and is one of the most popular and best loved stately homes in the UK. It's also full of history, ...

Autumn is traditionally the season of the blockbuster period drama; longer evenings and lowering temperatures are conducive to hunkering down in front of the latest releases, from series six of The ...

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 ...

Not many people could say that, on moving into a new home, they could bring with them and incorporate a 19th-century fireplace surround, exterior door complete with stained glass panelling from the ...

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 ...

The Flower Loft that adjoins Trereife, an 18th-century country house near Penzance, has been home to designer and decorative artist Lyn Le Grice for the past 25 years. Lyn and her late husband, Jeremy ...

The bedroom is regarded by many as an intensely personal space in which to rest and relax and generally escape the pressures of the outside world. But this concept of the bedroom as a private ...

The tulip originally grew as a wildflower in central Asia and has been venerated for centuries in the culture of the region. The writings of 13th-century Persian poet Saadi of Shiraz are filled with ...

Trends in interior design have always affected the antiques market: the whims of leading decorators influencing what is in and what is out. Think of the country house-loving 1980s, when British homes ...

This is probably the twelfth period property we have owned,’ says floral designer Susie Bell of her Grade II-listed Somerset home, and she doubts it’ll be their last. ‘I’m a nomadic soul at heart. As ...

In 1953, Queen Elizabeth II was crowned at Westminster Abbey, as have all English and British monarchs bar two before her since William the Conqueror in 1066. Despite the unfavourable weather that day ...