This elegant country home came with extra responsibilities – a diary full of guest bookings and ten rooms to update. Undaunted, Amanda and Peter Jaques-Walker worked hard to give the house a glamorous new look

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

The Griffin family fell under the spell of the Cumbrian landscape many years ago, and when their dream house went on the market they snapped it up and started renovating

Ampthill Park House, Bedfordshire, part I The home of Sir Timothy and Lady Clifford

Gracing the banks of the River Thames, this exquisite gem survived the Civil War thanks to a shrewd political operator, and is one of the finest Stuart houses in the country

Leaving London behind, Sophie and Richard Vermont transformed an 18th-century stable block on their farmstead into an idyllic rural retreat