Victoria

In a frantic and hurried world, Victoria offers a respite from the chaos of everyday life. The pages are dedicated to living beautifully when entertaining, cooking, and decorating and even in artistic pursuits - and now you can enjoy every single page on your tablet! With a distinct personality all its own, Victoria personifies feminity, passion, and an enterprising spirit. Each issue features decorating and entertaining ideas, recipes, travel stories, essays from inspiring women, and much more.

Victoria Special Issues • ENGLISH Cottage

Editors Letter

Posies and Picket Fences • One family found the peaceful countryside amid the Chiltern Hills in southeast England the ideal place to relocate, turning a dreary period house into a light-filled family home.

Through the Garden Gate • Leaving the bustle of London to pursue a quieter life, a woman who built her career in the city began a new season in the pastoral setting of her youth, where her heart could rest and a passion for color could blossom.

Of Light and Tranquil Spaces • A Scandinavian design influence achieves the feeling of airy brightness in Melanie Kirk’s eighteenth-century Buckinghamshire family home.

A Rural Retreat • Illustrating their enthusiasm for travel and passion for interior design, one British couple has adorned their home with a collection of French antique furniture and exquisite vintage finds.

The Comforts of Home • Drawn to the rolling hills of the Cotswolds, a London family sets their sights on a historic property with plenty of potential for preservation, renovation, and a new way of life.

Queen-Anne Charmer • Perhaps it is the mix of the old with the new, the grand with the humble, that is the secret to the beauty of this old house—that, and its palpably peaceful atmosphere. Today, the wide hall, with its pale oak boards and water-blue runner, welcomes.

A Cherished Bridge to Serenity • The footbridge that crosses over a burbling stream leads the way to a storybook house in Berkshire, where roses bloom and peaceful surroundings offer a family the ideal weekend escape from their busy London life.

Building a Family Legacy • London-born Katherina Saunders honors her ancestry and flair for good cuisine in the elegant décor of her eighteenth-century Shropshire home, where family heirlooms are lovingly displayed alongside classic English antiques.

Time Remembered • Built in 1668 for First Baronet, Sir John Swinburne, Capheaton Hall of Northumberland today remains within its family of origin. Eliza and Willy Browne-Swinburne, recent heirs to the estate, are affixing their own mark upon the illustrious Jacobite manse.

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