Working with an all-women trades team was so empowering

SOPHIE AND CARL FELL FOR A TIRED 1930S PROPERTY IN LONDON AND TURNED IT INTO A SMART BUT INFORMAL HOME WITH THE SOCIABLE SPACES THEY CRAVED

FROM FLOORPLANS TO FIXTURES, SWATCHES TO SAMPLES, MATERIALS TO MONEY, SERENA FOKSCHANER DELVES INTO THE DETAIL OF HOW TO FIND THE PERFECT INTERIOR DESIGNER FOR YOUR PROJECT

I knew we were taking on a project when we bought this place, but I didn’t realise quite how much work was needed until we moved in! It was riddled with damp and all the plaster was blown. But our dre

A practical and timeless design can also be playful, colourful and full of surprises, as Jenna Botrie’s family home perfectly illustrates

JESS AND MAT REWORKED A DATED HOME INTO A LIGHT-FILLED SPACE, PERFECT FOR LIFE WITH THEIR TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AND PET RABBITS

I was attracted to the house originally because it ticked all my boxes, and I saw it as a sensible buy. Over the next few years, with the demands of two small children, a relationship breakup and a fu