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Gin cocktails recipes: 6 easy gin-based ideas ideal for Christmas Eve
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DIY Christmas decorations: 10 quick ideas for a homemade Christmas
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FREE Sophie Allport apron, teatowel and recipe book when you subscribe to PL
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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How to add an oak frame extension
Gain extra living space in your home with the addition of a well-executed oak frame extension – a characterful option for a period property
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Best of British: top 50 brands for decorating, renovating and furnishing a period home
Period Living magazine celebrates the best home-grown talent with the team's favourite British designers and manufacturers
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Lime mortar, plaster and wash: how to use it to repair and maintain your period home's exterior
Lime is the key to healthy period homes, whether in the form of mortar, plaster or wash. Roger Hunt explores lime’s history as a building material and assesses the benefits it brings to old houses
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Real home: a post-war house sees an industrial revolution
Using recycled utilitarian and vintage finds, Lisa Jackson has turned a post-war semi into a characterful home
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10 signs you're obsessed with vintage
Do you have a healthy passion for vintage, or do you invest a worrying amount of time, money and energy into buying quirky old pieces for your home? See how many of these 10 warning signs you can relate to
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Real home: a remote 18th century French château
Dutch box-sculptor Peter Gabrielse relocated to rural Normandy, settling in a manor house with an interesting history
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How to maintain and repair an old timber frame
Often forming the integral framework of period properties, and an aesthetic feature, timber posts and beams must be treated with care and attention to ensure their longevity
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Real home: an artistic factory restoration
Paintings play a big part in the Larsson family’s life, so it’s no surprise that Urban and Lara have turned a former 19th-century factory into their own work of art
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Real home: Dan Cruickshank's Georgian restoration
Historian and presenter Dan Cruickshank employed a sensitive approach to the renovation of his Georgian townhouse that respects and preserves its heritage
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Traditional bedroom design ideas: 13 gorgeous schemes to inspire you
Be inspired by these sumptuous traditional bedroom design ideas and schemes and sleep like royalty
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Real home transformation: a 1920s semi becomes a unique and colourful family home
The Shaw family stamped their modern vintage style on a Surrey home, taking care to preserve its period features
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Real home: a spectacular stone cottage is transformed with upcycled finds
With some clever upcycling and renovation work, Val and Norman Rennie have transformed an unloved stone cottage into a dream rural getaway
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17 renovation mistakes to avoid
Restore your period home properly and avoid renovation mistakes that cause more harm than good, with advice from experts Peter Barker and Douglas Kent
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How to choose paint to decorate a period home
Be inspired by historic paint shades to create an authentic colour scheme for a period home – or an elegant look for a contemporary one
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Real home: a carefully renovated Victorian watermill
A piece of English history brimming with original features, this Victorian watermill has been lovingly renovated for modern living
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Real home: a renovated Victorian semi-detached home
Art dealer Henry Miller transformed a Victorian semi to function as a modern home, office and gallery space
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Real home: restoring a thatched cottage
When Australian Sonja Bergin and her Irish husband Kevin decided to settle down, they chose this attractive thatched cottage in his homeland
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Real home: a country-style kitchen and bedroom extension to a Grade II-listed timber home
Blending a new kitchen and bedroom extension with an original ancient timber-frame building proved quite a challenge - a modern glass link turned out to be an eye-catching solution
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Real home: a Cotswold stone house is restored to its former glory
Explore Simon Fenwick’s restoration of a rural property, transforming the unloved Grade II-listed Elm House into a beautiful, traditional country home
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Real home: a derelict Welsh cottage is given a new lease of life
Jane Beck’s Welsh cottage was a derelict shell when she bought it, but over 15 years of hard work have resulted in a total transformation
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Real home: a thatched Welsh long house extended and updated for modern living
Fulfilling a lifelong dream, Rosemary Pugh renovated a historic cottage and called in the experts to create beautiful country-style interiors
