From a grand Regency town house of the type immortalised in Jane Austen novels, to a pretty stone cottage in a nearby village
Where will we move to, what will we plant, how will we build and which colours will we paint it all? Experts from Kelly Wearstler to Tom Stuart-Smith have the answers
Restoration of the biblical frescoes in the Scrovegni chapel reveals the Italian painter to be not just the maestro of human gesture and form but a brilliant botanical artist as well
The former royal residence was also the birthplace of MC Escher and is now home to a wide-ranging ceramics collection
As an antidote to the bustle of open-plan living, more clients are asking architects and designers to create spaces dedicated to quiet indulgences
Top tips for blending practicality with personality and character
Traditionally hung as signs in the country’s shop doorways, these delicate textiles are being adopted and adapted by designers and artists around the world
Last year, a third more tenancies were awarded to new entrants than 10 years ago. Many are breaking the rules, and promising to restore not just soil health, but the value of the industry
But can you handle a herbaceous perfume?
The magical art of enchantment
His official residence may be on Kensington’s billionaires’ row, but Oslo’s man in London insists he is not ‘elite’ — and that after weeks in transit, those Christmas trees are bound to look a bit scruffy
The design consultant and former model on mustard, starburst mirrors and her late mother-in-law Anita Pallenberg
The Iowa City Kitty Walk recently went viral. Don’t mock. Its madness belies its power
A recent influx to this city across the Hudson from Manhattan has switched up the atmosphere for commuters and families, and intensified competition for properties
Designers and artists are playing with the storied fabric, bringing new vim to the looms that have been clacketing away since the 16th century
In search of the ultimate bedding
A huge 1930s site in the Italian city has been reimagined as a community hub, echoing other reinventions of our industrial past
From a baronial-style mansion in the Scottish Highlands with its own trout fishing loch to a Lake Como escape with guesthouse and limonaia
Interior designer Anna Haines on simple ways to be bold with fabric
Clever illuminations of plants can create silhouettes and shadows that capture movement, texture and hidden poetry
Deck the halls — and window boxes — with pansies, jasmine, mahonia, cyclamen or choisya
The haggling is in full swing: with a near record number of unsold new homes and the wealthiest reconsidering their options, estate agents are sweaty palmed, but savvy buyers are scoring hefty discounts
Balineum’s Sarah Watson on her wild endeavour to keep an industry alive
Deep in the Oxfordshire countryside, Bishopsland school is reviving a great British craft
The advertising maverick’s crenellated Sussex mansion strives for immortality — but are a new book ‘Orgasm’ and a bid for The Daily Telegraph really part of the plan?
