Discover how colour experts choose a Colour of the Year and explore the key paint shades and interiors colour trends set to ...

Discovering that the terraced house they had spotted being cleared had been home to the same family for more than 60 years was just the push James and Eleanor Hemsley needed to decide that this was ...

Last time you stayed in a standard UK chain hotel, chances are you would have found an English Bible in the bedside drawer if you’d looked. But, 500 years ago, no such thing existed – the holy book ...

Nestled in Paris’s 17th arrondissement – all broad tree-lined streets filled with elegant Haussmannian buildings – Tiphaine Verdier’s apartment is something of a surprise. Spread over two floors, it’s ...

We love an intriguing paint name – it’s such a conversation-worthy topic. Is your living room painted in Crayfish Party or Sang de Boeuf? Is the woodwork Vichyssoise or Bombolone? Sometimes a ...

Transforming a house into a home can often be an evolutionary process. When Jane Davies and her husband, Martin, who have their own equine business, purchased their Edwardian property in the market ...

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 ...

In 2022 Nichola Burns, a self-confessed vintage and antiques collector and passionate upcycler, and her husband, Adam, decided to move from Bristol to Pouzolles in the Hérault region of southern ...

Creating a joyful place to live ranks highly on Amy Eld’s list of priorities. After a lengthy search for a central-London home that resonated with Amy, her husband Daniel and their three children, ...

‘Of the two of us, Ottavio was the artist,’ says 93-year-old Rosita Missoni, recounting the story of how their chance meeting on a train not only led to their marriage, but also the creation of the ...

'Silhouettes are an ancient art form, just as powerful today as thousands of years ago,’ says David Vyvyan Robinson, a picture specialist at the auction house Bearnes, Hampton and Littlewood. ‘Ancient ...

We’re celebrating the glories of heritage this issue, with a round-up of European B&Bs that will have you making travel plans pronto, as well as six hotspots around the UK that are within easier reach ...