Balancing style with functionality is always the aim when designing a home, but even more so when you need a lifetime home. It’s about finding solutions that won’t just meet your needs today, but also any you may have in the future

Bringing a dilapidated barn back to life using sympathetic materials proved a winning move for John and Cat Frankitti

The garden was a blank canvas when I first moved in. A single tree. A lawn invaded by alkanet. London clay so hard you couldn’t push a spade in. I was more concerned with urgent matters such as the de

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Several years ago I moved to a new home with a mature established garden. It had many good qualities but needed a major revamp in order to suit my needs. In this three-part series, I’m sharing how I r