To walk around a midwinter garden on a fine day when everything has shrunk down to its essential elements is like walking around a gallery. You can take your time, see things with fresh eyes and be ch

After searching for a year in a heated property market, first-time buyers Lacey Richards and Aaron Coe finally got lucky with an unloved ex-rental house. As the owners were moving to Australia and wan

The Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London EC2

Finding somewhere to live that reflected their lifelong love of creativity was always going to be of paramount importance to Liz and Richard Wilkinson when they began their property search five years

There is something undeniably enchanting about this 16th-century farmhouse in Dorset, especially during the festive period. The open fire in the sitting room roars, the soft glow of candlelight fills

A lifelong vintage lover, Lizzie Clarke always dreamed of an older home, but was living in a two-bedroom modern house an hour from her then-boyfriend (now husband), Lee, when he started dropping hints