It wouldn’t necessarily be an outrageous claim to suggest that Dickens himself is the person most responsible for the invention of modern Christmas (we can perhaps include him in a festive triumvirate ...

Essentially, we could see the popularity of the ‘frazzled Englishwomen interior’ as a call to embrace the imperfect detritus ...

Wreaths are obvious, but there are other ways to decorate a door and you can make quite an impact. Doorscaping is a fairly ...

Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella, and which of their beautiful products we should be buying, according to interior ...

So in pursuit of good purchases and the avoidance of remorse, we asked four interior designers what lovely items they have ...

While some are keen to be in festive-themed pyjamas over Christmas, I prefer to invest in those that can be worn year-round, not just gathering dust at the back of the wardrobe for the other 11 months ...

Our yuletide library comprises classic Christmas stories, comforting nostalgic reads and a handful of unexpected entries. Take note for your own reading list this year ...

'There are certain principles you feel you have to adhere to when you live in a building like the Barbican. You do feel inclined to do the mid-century thing: the teak, the Eames chairs, but I’ve ...

When Honor Devereux was asked by a longtime friend to overhaul her Victorian house in south London, a dream collaboration was born. The result is a comfortable, layered family home admirably laid out ...

The character of a neglected Victorian house in south east London has been preserved with sensitivity by interior designer Jessica Summer, who has revived its spirit with a carefully considered ...

'What attracted us to the Mendip Hills was that it’s a real, rural, working area. It’s not a chocolate box part of the country,' explains Sean. In part, it was the working history of the house that ...

In an area of Berkeley in northern California where residents at the turn of the century would have been able to watch the construction of the San Francisco skyline from their porches, a young couple ...