A serendipitous move from the country to a bustling high street marked a fresh chapter for Gail O’Reilly, whose 18th-century cottage blends warmth, colour and pattern

I have always wanted to live in a period property, and the quirkiness of this house is so appealing to me,’ says artist Mink Yip of her Worcestershire home. ‘It’s actually made up of three old propert

Not many people move into a new home only to find enthusiastic strangers routinely turning up looking for a place to stay the night, but if the house in question was once a youth hostel sequestered in

Sunny yellows, sassy stripes, cloudscapes and even butterflies – this London home is designed to raise a smile

Reinventing a home that hasn’t been touched in 30 years is a big task, but designer Mark Howorth was up for the job and even managed to include the art gallery space the owners wanted

Independent retailers Laura and Will Mellor transformed the dated interior of a Georgian cottage into a sumptuous home with the same nostalgic appeal as their homeware store