As well as ensuring your entrance area is practical, the perfect lighting will be warm, mood-enhancing and occasionally make you go ‘wow’

Our panel of design experts helps us decide between scrimp and splurge-worthy finishes, fixings and furniture

Requiring a combination of patience, flair, practicality and know-how, decorating a home is a time-consuming endeavour. And when it comes to hard-working spaces used for specific tasks such as cooking

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

Think beyond traditional decorating ideas and embrace the world of prints and embellishments, to create a home that is full of personality and bespoke to you

Create the perfect antidote to modern life by making a living room your own sanctuary where you can escape to and relax in, with furnishings and curated accessories filled with character