The English Home

The English Home brings you seasonal British design and lifestyle throughout the year. Every issue includes quintessentially British kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms and living rooms, with useful advice from leading interior designers and architects on how to achieve classic, elegant style.

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The English Home

NOTEBOOK • Our monthly edit of news, shopping inspiration and inside information

BOOKS

DESIGN DISCOVERIES • Creative collaborations and archival inspiration form this month’s focus

NATURAL CONNECTION

REGENCY REVIVAL

THE EDIT • Timeless upholstered pieces, fine contemporary furniture and bright new fabrics catch Editor-at-Large Kate Freud’s eye this month

Leap of FAITH • Bravely tackling the sympathetic restoration of a historic house in Somerset has been a challenging but deeply satisfying labour of love for one couple

Elegant REVIVAL • The transformation of a characterful but tired 1930s property into a beautiful and inviting seaside home draws inspiration from its Arts and Crafts roots

Finding THE MAGIC • A nineteenth-century former barn and cart shed in Suffolk is transformed into a warm and welcoming family home filled with vintage treasures

Coming HOME • Feeling an instant connection with a tired Victorian country house in Surrey, Tracy Verrier knew she had made the right choice to return home

STYLE INSPIRATION • Our special section dedicated to design and decorating inspiration begins here

Ways with PAINT • Quick, affordable and versatile, paint transforms spaces inside and out in creative ways that offer decorative impact

EXPERT ADVICE ON CHOOSING COLOURS • How to select the right colour for a room, whether white or something bolder

Changing SPACES • Ideas and inspiration for making architectural adjustments, from adding a home office to creating an open-plan kitchen and dining area

Framing the view • Choosing windows to complement period homes

PRETTY IN PINK • With its beautifully painted two-tone cabinetry and practical open-plan design, this handsome kitchen is ready for the summer season and beyond

Great EXPECTATIONS • From bijou city havens to acres of lawn in the country, hiring a garden designer could be the key to unlocking a garden’s full potential

MONEY TALK

LITTLE BLACK BOOK • Selected practices of varying sizes, offering garden styles from classic to contemporary

Hard flooring FOR TOWN OR COUNTRY • Rugged, durable and handsome, hard flooring is a versatile choice for both rural and urban settings – in every room of the house

Poured floors

Point OF VIEW • Whether making a statement or providing a focal point, in reflective metallics or ancient stone, sculptural forms make an important contribution to the garden

SUNDIALS AND SPHERES • These classic pieces have been used to bring a reflective mood to gardens for centuries

Selecting materials

INTO THE WOODS • What started as one man’s passion for wood, turned into a global family business, Trunk Floor, that truly celebrates the beauty of nature’s bounty

QUINTESSENTIALLY • Inspiration for seasonal pastimes and making the most of life at home starts here

MY ENGLISH FROM PATCH TO PLATE Matthew Fort • The food writer and critic tells of his excitement for the produce to come in his burgeoning vegetable beds and the sings the praises of asparagus in its many varieties

POTS OF passion • Planting in pots is quick and can provide an abundance of blooms in a garden of any scale. Advocate Arthur Parkinson reveals how

Reader offer

Elegant EMBLEM • With a wealth of beguiling colours, shapes and captivating scents to choose...