It was while renovating her own home – a former school house in Wiltshire – that Emma Sims-Hilditch came to an important realisation. ‘Making a new home in an old building requires so much more than j

KITCHEN FOCUS

KITCHEN FOCUS

Paula Costa and David Rushford put their own stamp on this historic former post office with a considered blend of old and new, and a calm, neutral palette

Taking the owners’ love of photography as inspiration, this Victorian house was given a family-focused contemporary makeover

This early 19th-century cottage in Padstow, owned by Jess and Ash Alken-Theasby, has lived a long and varied life. ‘It was originally a little fishing cottage, but it’s had several interesting uses si