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Real home: an updated Swedish boathouse
The Pousette family breathed new life into a boathouse, creating a summer retreat that's a thing of beauty, inside and out
By Sophie Baylis/A Design Features •
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Real home: a remodelled 1960s house
Renovating a 1960s century property gave Jenny Burkinell and Mark Tarplett in the spacious family home they'd always wanted
By Ely Price •
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Real garden: take a tour of this blissful garden sanctuary
With its secluded courtyard garden, soft pastel planting scheme and soothing water features, this town garden in Altrincham offers a peaceful and restorative retreat
By Tony Russell •
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Real home: a Victorian villa's sociable kitchen-diner renovation
Keen cook and interior designer Jo Smith had plenty of ideas for her new kitchen, but her priority was for it to feel welcoming and relaxed for entertaining, as well as practical for family meals
By Alison Gibb •
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Real home: a rustic cottage beautifully restored using traditional methods and materials
Real home: a rustic cottage beautifully restored using traditional methods and materials
By Karen Darlow •
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Real home: explore this immaculately restored Georgian home
The 18th-century home of architectural salvage expert, furniture-maker and designer Patrick William is both an archetype of the Georgian aesthetic, full of period details, and a comfortable family home
By Gregg Cook •
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Real home: an idyllic – and unusual – writing retreat in the garden
Helen Moore’s favourite room is not actually part of her home, it’s a shepherd’s hut, where whitewashed interiors and pretty vignettes create the perfect writing retreat with views of fields and woodland
By Natalie Flaum •
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Real home: a farmhouse holiday let becomes a dream home
A longed-for change of scene became a reality for Emma Crabtree and her family when her Northumberland-based holiday property business became a real success
By Alison Gibb •
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Real home: a quirky and colourful Cotswold rectory
Passed down through the generations, this picturesque corner of the Cotswolds is the perfect place for Lucy and David Abel Smith to indulge and share their love of collecting
By Pippa Blenkinsop •
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Real home: a chic extended home with an open-plan Shaker-style kitchen
Dani Ellis used her interiors know-how and eye for vintage to turn her extended home into a chic family hangout
By Ellen Finch •
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Real home: the renovation of this 100-year-old home was a labour of love
Kate and Dan fell instantly for their period home in Surrey and spent seven years making it perfect
By Jess Contomichalos •
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Real home: a Victorian mid terrace gets a striking open-plan kitchen extension
Being brave enough to take on a major renovation and extension project has paid off as this once unloved terrace is now a stunning home to be proud of
By Beth Murton •
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Real homes: a restored Victorian villa filled with floral textiles and upcycled vintage furniture
Neutral paints, floral textiles and upcycled vintage furniture have turned this restored Victorian villa into a light and welcoming family home
By Jane Crittenden •
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Real home: an elegant Georgian townhouse decorated in bold shades
Melanie and Russell Lissack have updated an elegant Georgian townhouse with clever design ideas, simple DIY projects and heritage colours, to create a stylish family home
By Maxine Brady •
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Real home: a pretty thatched house in Devon gets an update
This charming home on the edge of an unspoilt village won over Alison and Steve Chipperfield, even though they had vowed never to buy another thatched property
By Karen Darlow •
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Real kitchen: a remodel makes way for an open-plan kitchen diner
Rachel and James Turford reveal how they achieved the light and airy space they'd been craving
By Caroline Foster •
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Real home: a light and airy kitchen extension
A wraparound extension and interior overhaul gave Stuart and Matt a light and airy kitchen that’s perfect for entertaining
By Richard Webber •
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Real Home: Bake Off's Helena shows us round her Victorian villa
Bake Off star Helena Garcia's pretty Victorian home started life as a convent building, but there’s little trace of that to be found in its sumptuous French boudoir-style décor
By Karen Darlow •
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Real Homes: artist's Swedish home is a living work of art
Ceramicist and textile designer Charlotta Unger has transformed her home into the perfect canvas to showcase her work
By Sophie Baylis/A Design Features •
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Real home: a stylist's summery seaside home full of vintage pieces
We stepped inside Francine Kay's Brighton home to find out how she created her serene summer scheme
By Ellen Finch •
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Real home: a terraced home transformed with a loft and rear extension
Along with a team of architects, Matt Jones transformed his house into a bright and open modern home
By Ellen Finch •
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Real garden: a low-maintenance plant-lover's dream
Don't miss this modern garden makeover with its perfect entertaining space
By Annabelle Grundy •
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Real home: a striking 1970s bungalow that mixes vintage and modern
Interior designer Jojo Humes Brown used all her skills to bring a dramatic edge to her renovated home
By Ciara Elliott •
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Real Home: a modern renovation transforms an old terraced house
Amy and Gareth Andrew turned their dated first-time buy into a modern, practical space with on-trend touches
By Lindsay Blair •
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Real garden: a cottage summer garden
In this beautiful summer garden both flowers and edibles grow in an effervescent abundance of colour and form
By Leigh Clapp •
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Real home: a former mill keeper’s house is given an elegant update
Belinda and Hamish Alexander’s unusual approach to househunting has served them well. They found a former mill keeper’s home and set about transforming it and filling it with family treasures
By Heather Dixon •
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Real home: a 17th-century flint-and-brick granary barn is given a new lease of life
Battling storms and high water, Caroline Comber gave her draughty old granary barn by the sea a cosy update that enhances its original features and natural textures
By Natalie Flaum •
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Real garden: a small, hilltop garden is brought to life
Having initially been attracted to this small garden because it was low maintenance, the owners soon found themselves planting in earnest and it is now overflowing with blooms
By Rachel Crow •
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Real home: a medieval French townhouse
Natalie Pède has preserved the rich history of this beautiful home which was unchanged for centuries, whilst filling it with her antique collections which complement the setting perfectly
By Celia Rufey •
