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If you have room to spare in the garden, an outbuilding could become a home office, gym, hobby space or spare bedroom. The construction process for a garden structure is less disruptive than extending

Dream of summer escapes with this selection of delicious recipes inspired by popular dishes from Italy’s western Tyrrhenian coast, from cookery writer Amber Guinness

‘The English style is fairly daring and we aren’t afraid of colour or pattern. However, it needs to be blended well. I was always taught to use different scales to make the pattern mix comfortably. En

There’s something beautiful about touching an object made by the hand in a material that came from the earth – these makers are producing outstanding pieces

Sarah Dowling and her partner Jack had previously been in a tiny shared flat, and even lived on a houseboat for a year, ‘which was as lovely and romantic as you’d think,’ she says, ‘but also hard work

Choosing paint should be fun, if all the dreamy room reveals on Instagram are to be believed, but the reality is often very different. For most of us, there is a big gap between the desire for a bold