We’d been renting for 16 years and lived in our previous property for 11 of those. It was our dream to own somewhere, but we knew we’d have to save hard, and that we’d probably need to take on somethi

GH ’s Simon Swift takes up a familial hobby — and with it a familiar habit of not finishing what he started…

There were two main sticking points when Teri Muncey began looking for a new home for her young family: time and a lack of options. ‘I was living nearby but I had to find somewhere to move quickly as

My last place was lovely but very neutral, and I’d always held back a bit with decorating. But this home felt different. Although the interior was stuck in the 1990s, it had great bones. The big rooms

Renee was bored. January was intensely boring. History told her that if she didn’t overcome that boredom it would lead to trouble – like the time she’d ended up waving a banner on the news. She didn’t

With King Charles III as a patron, Heritage Crafts (heritagecrafts. org.uk) is a national charity set up to “celebrate, support and safeguard traditional craft skills”. Its latest Red List of Endanger