YEARS IN THE PLANNING, LAURA’S RURAL IDYLL FINALLY BECAME REALITY WHEN SHE FOUND THE PERFECT COTTAGE AND SET ABOUT BRINGING IT BACK TO LIFE WITH COLOUR

Joanna Stubbs swapped country living for city life, creating a true sense of home in a light-filled Georgian villa that beautifully blends art, history, family and creativity

WHEN BECKY AND IAN SAW THIS ELEGANT PERIOD PROPERTY IN THEIR MUCH-LOVED HOME TOWN OF COLCHESTER THEY KNEW IT WAS ‘THE ONE’

ABBI HAS CREATED A HOME FILLED WITH WARM NEUTRALS, NATURAL TEXTURES AND RUSTIC TREASURES

STYLE STATEMENT Effortless interiors There’s a laid-back Mediterranean ...

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