NEW PARENTS FRANKY AND JACK REWORKED A DATED STUDENT HOUSE INTO A COLOURFUL FAMILY HOME

WHEN BECKY AND IAN SAW THIS ELEGANT PERIOD PROPERTY IN THEIR MUCH-LOVED HOME TOWN OF COLCHESTER THEY KNEW IT WAS ‘THE ONE’

We’d been renting for 16 years and lived in our previous property for 11 of those. It was our dream to own somewhere, but we knew we’d have to save hard, and that we’d probably need to take on somethi

Rebecca and Tom Clarke weren’t afraid to take on a major renovation in pursuit of their perfect home

Every room scheme in this smart west London home, created by Hám Interiors, illustrates how being confident with colour pays off

Serendipity played a big part in designer Fiona Duke finding this house and then it took time to make it her own