From Dead Salmon to Floof, explore the quirkiest and most unusual paint names, uncovering the surprising stories behind these ...

Explore how numerology could shape how you feel at home, from decoding your house number to finding your ideal match ...

Like the sound of broken china reinvented in weird and wonderful ways? Welcome to the colourful world of acclaimed mosaic artist Cleo Mussi 'I’ve no idea how to describe what I do,’ laughs Cleo Mussi ...

23rd-24th Antiques & Interiors with Silver, Jewellery, Asian & Whisky, Cotswold Auction Company, Bankside Saleroom, Cirencester, Glos, GL7 1YG. cotswoldauction.co.uk ...

Ancient Greek city states are thought to have had distinctly different approaches when it came to visitors announcing their arrival. While Spartans would advertise their presence at the door with a ...

The Georgian era was a golden age for craftsmanship and design. Here we explore some of the most influential movements and trends of the era... From vast, elegant townhouses to shapely brown furniture ...

A quick dash down from Calais will bring you to Lille, a vibrant city with wonderful Flemish architecture, great restaurants and fantastic shopping. Once a year, on the first weekend of September, the ...

For all the sensible items bought at auction – a valuable piece of jewellery, crockery to complete your collection, perhaps a rare coin – there’s the occasional curveball that’s equal parts weird and ...

The bedroom is regarded by many as an intensely personal space in which to rest and relax and generally escape the pressures of the outside world. But this concept of the bedroom as a private ...

Originally created to embellish landscaped grounds surrounding royal palaces and chateaux, parterres have remained one of the most enduring of all garden styles. The individual elements of a ...

We all know that horrible sinking feeling when your favourite bowl or mug hits the floor. The crack of ceramic on tile is one we all dread. But what if there were a way of repairing broken ceramic and ...

Regarded by most as an innovation of the 1970s, the Peacock chair actually owes its existence to the Spanish-American war of 1898. This short conflict ended with Spain ceding the Philippines to ...