LOUISE AND PETER PROVE THAT BIG CHARACTER DOESN’T NEED A BIG BUDGET – JUST PLENTY OF RECLAIMED FINDS, CLEVER TWEAKS AND A LITTLE DIY KNOW-HOW

Renovating this Victorian property was a labour of love for Emer Gillespie, who’s created a space packed with clever touches

Unlikely materials give this tiny London kitchen an effortlessly gorgeous, lived-in feel

fter its closure and abandonment in 1969, St Andrew’s Chapel, a once handsome 15th-century gatehouse abbey in Boxley, Kent, stood for 50 years in a state of decay, at ever-increasing risk of ruin. Tod

Set in Sutton, a quintessentially English village in the South Downs National Park in West Sussex, Daisy Cottage was once part of the estate of the land-owning Barlavington family and dates back at le

Our panel of design experts helps us decide between scrimp and splurge-worthy finishes, fixings and furniture