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From topless staddle stones outperforming complete ones to two versions of the same desk selling on the same day 212 miles apart, bizarre occurrences are par for the course at contents sales

Country Life’s Top 100 designers and architects reveal the outstanding specialists on whom they rely

An American family has fully embraced an English aesthetic in their Cambridge Arts and Crafts home, which is full of colour, pattern and joyous design details

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Back in 1979, David and Linda Williams felt ready to move to a spacious, light house with a good-sized garden. Ideally, it would be low maintenance so as not to encroach on David’s job as head of art

Built only 20 years ago, this home has a heritage look that’s down to the use of antiques and aged finishes but also its designers – Sara Swabb and Tanya Smith-Shiflett