Velvet crush

Beautiful window treatments frame views, filter light, offer insulation and afford privacy, and looking to the past for inspiration can help with the right styling and making the most of the proportions of a period home

Kassia St Clair on the most ancient of fabrics, which is still stylish, sustainable and going strong in modern homes

With their mesmerising interplay of abstract forms and kaleidoscopic colours, these large-scale geometrics set the tone for a dynamic interior

Designer Guy Goodfellow and creative director Steven Rodel give their approach to decorating with pattern

Following her training in Decorative Arts, for many years Glasgow-based, French-born artist Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw worked as a conservation stenciller, reviving and recreating historic schemes in re

Siân Cornish, expert in natural dyes