Ideal Home

Unremarkable from the outside and sandwiched between two neighbouring properties, this small three-bedroom cottage may have at first appeared humble,…

OWNERS Interior designer Clare Waghorn (amandajohn design.com), lives here with her husband, Gary, co-owner of construction company RR Construction, and…

When Rachel bought her Victorian cottage in rural Leicestershire, despite the run-down state it was in, she could see its…

This cosy, uplifting home is a far cry from the Dutch barn and ramshackle byre, roofed with rusty corrugated iron,…

With its peg-tiled facade and gingham bow adorning the front door, this Edwardian cottage in an East Sussex village wouldn’t…

Upsizing from a small flat to a five-bed townhouse, Rachel and Chris were excited about starting their married life in…

WHO LIVES HERE?Kate Clarkson lives here with her husband, Ross, and their three children, Sophia, Olivia and Francesca.After a year…

Festive traditions, fashionable décor and all the family gathered together makes Christmas a special time for Francesca Rowan-Plowden – interior…

A period home should feel warm, welcoming and full of personality. Too often, however, insensitive modernisations – even when done…

WHO LIVES HERE?Claire, a holistic stylist, and her husband Simon, a preconstruction lead, live here with their teenage twin boys…

With a paper star hung in each window, this Cotswolds home signals the arrival of Christmas across the village green.…

‘It’s packed with personality, but it’s not perfect,’ says Rockett St George co-founder, Lucy St George, of her London house.…