Originally two stone farmhouses, this beautiful Somerset home blends colourful mid-century design with vintage finds and ...

Before you donate that old sideboard or armchair, check this list – some vintage IKEA pieces are now coveted collectables!

'We’d been looking for a house for about a year and had narrowed down the search to a part of east London known as Walthamstow Village,’ recalls freelance interiors stylist Marisa Daly. She and her ...

There is a definite chill in the air and sunrises of coppery light are burnishing the mists rolling over fields and rivers. It must be autumn. This issue, we give you everything you need to enjoy this ...

The bedroom is regarded by many as an intensely personal space in which to rest and relax and generally escape the pressures of the outside world. But this concept of the bedroom as a private ...

The peaceful lakes and forests of Dalarna County in central Sweden have long drawn in visitors from Stockholm and the south in search of somewhere to unwind, to be close to nature and to escape the ...

Legend has it that tea was discovered by accident when in BC2737 the Chinese emperor Shen Nung saw leaves drop into the water that his servant was boiling for him to drink. At first pans were used to ...

Defined simply as a settee that seats two, but also known as a tête-à-tête, a causeuse, a confidante, a siamoise and a gossip couch, the form is common in many countries including Britain, France, and ...

Once porcelain became available, it quickly replaced the use of wax and sugar, allowing the production of figures that could be used again and again. At fashionable 18th-century dinner parties, the ...

We all know that horrible sinking feeling when your favourite bowl or mug hits the floor. The crack of ceramic on tile is one we all dread. But what if there were a way of repairing broken ceramic and ...

Regarded by most as an innovation of the 1970s, the Peacock chair actually owes its existence to the Spanish-American war of 1898. This short conflict ended with Spain ceding the Philippines to ...

Last time you stayed in a standard UK chain hotel, chances are you would have found an English Bible in the bedside drawer if you’d looked. But, 500 years ago, no such thing existed – the holy book ...