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Bathroom design: an expert guide to creating your dream space
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Real home: restoring a Georgian ancestral home
A series of fortunate coincidences and a long-held, romantic dream, led Christopher Vane Percy back to his forgotten Georgian ancestral home
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How to strip and repaint original plaster mouldings
Often smothered with layers of paint build-up, decorative plaster mouldings should be a room’s crowning glory. Discover how to strip and repaint original plaster mouldings to restore them
By Helaine Clare •
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Garden birds: what to look out for this summer – and how to encourage them back
Get ready to spot the UK’s summer bird visitors as they return from spending the winter in Africa
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Real garden: 17th century thatched cottage garden
This garden bursts with life, adding to the idyllic scene set around its quintessential thatched cottage
By Leigh Clapp •
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Real Home: restoring a medieval home
Originally built in the 12th century, this Grade II* listed house in Kent is one of the oldest still standing in the region. The Osbornes have breathed new life into this home through their loving restoration
By Ruth Corbett •
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Real Home: an idyllic 300 year old farmhouse is transformed
Bringing this beautiful period property back to life has been a labour of love for Tina and Martin Philpott
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Christmas house: a medieval moated manor house
This magnificent medieval moated manor house is home to Caroline Spurrier and a host of fascinating stories
By Karen Darlow •
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Real Home: a rare Grade I listed Tudor home gets a beautiful farmhouse kitchen
Alice Acton has refurbished her farmhouse kitchen to make it as classically English as her beautiful Grade I listed home
By Victoria Jenkins •
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Real home: Grade I listed Pugin Hall is restored
Anna Vines and Graham Booth took on a bigger task than they budgeted for when they renovated their historic home, designed by ‘God’s own architect’, Augustus Pugin
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How to choose upholstery
Buying a sofa or an armchair? Find out exactly what you need to know using our expert guide to how to choose upholstery
By Melanie Griffiths •
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Real garden: an enchanting bluebell wood garden
This beautiful garden has been created to meld into the ancient bluebell wood that surrounds the characterful cottage
By Leigh Clapp •
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Real garden: a spring garden with a bluebell woodland
Surrounding a handsome Arts & Crafts house, this spring garden holds a number of surprises, including a walled garden and an ancient bluebell wood
By Leigh Clapp •
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How to use paint to brighten up your garden
Make your outdoor area as visually inspiring and colourful as indoors by treating furniture and garden buildings with these exterior paint and varnish ideas
By Melanie Griffiths •
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Window treatments for period homes: 20 new ideas
These beautiful and practical window treatment ideas will make a feature of your period windows. We've got everything from blinds and shutters to curtains
By Pippa Blenkinsop •
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Period Living is Britain's fastest-growing homes magazine!
The nation's love of nostalgia, vintage and characterful homes is on the increase, as we embrace the charm of sitting down with a good magazine
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Made by Hand preview: discover the best of British craft
This March, around 100 of the UK’s finest independent designer-makers are returning to Cheltenham for the Made by Hand festival
By Melanie Griffiths •
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Real home: a renovated French home in the grounds of a château
After buying a medieval estate in Burgundy complete with a castle, the Poventud family converted the outbuildings to create the perfect family home and holiday rental
By Monique van der Pauw •
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10 cottage style home ideas: how to create the cottage look
Create a home full of rustic country charm with these timeless cottage design ideas, from adding a must-have range cooker to layering chintzy floral prints
By Pippa Blenkinsop •
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How to create a cut flower garden: grow your own fresh flowers
Forget trips to the florist or supermarket – plant your own easy to grow flowers for creating pretty, seasonal arrangements to enjoy inside and outside your home
By Leigh Clapp •
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Traditional front doors: 16 design ideas
A traditional front door can transform the look of your whole home while also providing essential security benefits. From classic Georgian designs to quaint cottage styles, we've got the perfect style inspiration to increase your kerb appeal
By Holly Reaney •
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Real home: a 17th-century merchants' house
With their careful renovation of this historic apartment building, its architect owners have breathed new life into an old property
By Alison Gibb •
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Real home: a generational house swap
Embroidery artist Claire Baker swapped houses with her parents to raise her own children in the Victorian villa where she grew up
By Hazel Dolan •
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12 extension ideas for period homes
Looking to extend a period property? We round up the best extensions that add space and value, while being sympathetic to their heritage
By Melanie Griffiths •
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How to put up a curtain pole
Giving your room a quick refresh with some new curtains? Check out our simple step-by-step guide on how to put up a curtain pole
By Helaine Clare •
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How to re-cover a footstool
Discover how to re-cover a footstool and give tired looking furniture a new lease of life, with step-by-step instructions from DIY expert Helaine Clare
By Helaine Clare •
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10 traditional open plan room design ideas
If you love period properties and open plan living, be inspired to live life to the full – these homes offer the best of both worlds
By Emily Shaw •
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Real home: a thatched cottage with an intriguing past
Chris and Alison Young fell in love with a quintessential English country cottage and have slowly uncovered its hidden secrets
By Pippa Blenkinsop •
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How to use a colour wheel for interior design and colour scheming
Looking to add more colour to your home? We asked Joa Studholme of Farrow & Ball for tips on how to use a colour wheel for interior design and scheming
By Jacob Ingram •
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Real home: an Arts and Crafts home reinvented to make the most of light and space
Pale paint shades and plenty of natural daylight let the original beauty of this Arts and Crafts home shine through
By Jo Leevers •
