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If you have trinkets and treasures you’re keen to display, incorporate open shelving into your home. A bookcase like this contemporary design from Habitat could even be turned on its side to help zone

This month, get creative with patterned fabrics and wallpapers, make everlasting paper flowers and invest in some quality bed linen or tableware

Let in the light with translucent textiles. Swap heavy curtains for delicate sheers and switch out dark pendant shades for something gauzy. If you can’t find a fabric lampshade in your price range, tr

A CURATION OF THE BEST DESIGN AND HOME IDEAS

THE INTERIOR DESIGN TRENDS IN LONDON THAT REFLECT OUR NEED FOR COSY RETREATS AND A RECONNECTION WITH NATURE, WRITES ALEXANDRA GOSS

There’s never been a better time to go self-sufficient. In our ongoing series, Sally Coulthard shares tried-and-tested tips from her Yorkshire smallholding