'our eclectic home tells our family's story'

Paula knew what she wanted in her and husband Steve’s hunt for a bigger home: ‘I love a characterful, old house, and coming from a two-bedroom thatched cottage I had high expectations for our next mov

The scariest part about moving into our house was that my first month’s payslip as a teacher went on my first mortgage payment! I was 24 and we’d bought a two-up, two-down house with a stairlift and n

JESS AND OLIVER HAVE TRANSFORMED A RUN-DOWN PERIOD PROPERTY BY ADDING AN OPEN-PLAN EXTENSION AND SELECTING A COLOUR PALETTE THAT REALLY PACKS A PUNCH

After living through lockdown in a rented apartment with no balcony in the middle of Manchester, Pip Hough and husband Simon were determined to get on the property ladder three and a half years ago an

Spray-paint affordable lampshades with texture paint to give them a concrete look for less When I look back, I can’t believe how much we’ve done to this house. We tackled the work in stages over 18 mo

When one couple decided to build a new house they asked designer Francesca Leat to ensure it felt like a home that had been lived in and loved for years