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Are your new replacement windows breaking the law? It pays to check first...
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Real home: a colourful, characterful kitchen renovation
Using bold colour and recycled and vintage finds, Dawn Bradford has created a unique and characterful kitchen
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How to restore an enamel sink
Knowing how to restore an enamel sink using a selection of natural household solutions could save you money and add period detail to your home. Follow this step-by-step guide by DIY expert Helaine Claire
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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
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How to repair a Victorian roof
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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
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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
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Real home: explore this immaculately restored Georgian home
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Downton Abbey just listed on Airbnb! Find out how you can stay at Highclere Castle...
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Inside Downton Abbey: the movie's director tells all in our exclusive interview
As the Downton Abbey movie opens, director Michael Engler explains why its characters and stories still appeal… and what it's like working with the inimitable Maggie Smith
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Homemade candles: how to turn your tins into gorgeous decorations
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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
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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
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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
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Real Home: Bake Off's Helena shows us round her Victorian villa
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Garden centre preferred to shopping online – discover the best garden centres in the UK
Visit your nearest garden centre or nursery this weekend to discover a wealth of plant inspiration, homeware, good food and more. We've rounded up the very best
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13 Arts & Crafts ideas
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Real garden: a cottage summer garden
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Real home: a former mill keeper’s house is given an elegant update
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Save the bees: how to help grow their numbers
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Real home: a tiny thatched cottage full of light and space
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Tudor home guide: how to maintain a medieval or Tudor house
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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
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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
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Real home: a pretty farm cottage sees an Arts & Crafts inspired restoration
Built from the ancient stones of a ruined abbey, this pretty farm cottage has been given a new lease of life
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Real home: converting two farm cottages into a country home
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