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

Diary

DESIGN DISCOVERIES • Welcome the brighter days ahead and add a touch of joy with our style finds

CHIC CONNECTION

SUNNY OUTLOOK

THE EDIT • British-made glass designs, lighting and headboards captivate Editor-at-Large Kate Freud this month

Manor OF STYLE • Zesty new colour schemes and playful patterns have given this large Victorian house in Suffolk a new, vibrant personality

Creative HARMONY • A joyful collaboration between the homeowner and interior designer Gavin Houghton has revitalised the interiors of this idyllic Hampshire home

Reimagined COLOUR • Interior designer Charlotte Boundy has embraced the simple charms of her Victorian worker’s cottage, giving it a new lease of life with an infusion of subtle colour

Cottage in THE WOODS • Lovingly transforming their nineteenth-century find, Antonia and John Cunningham have combined past and present to create a magical retreat

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

Set the scene • Treat the garden as an extension of the home, decorating and accessorising to suit taste, location and lifestyle to make it a useful, comfortable and beautiful outdoor room

Creative ways with TILES • Be bold with colour and elaborate with design to add decorative charm inside and out

SELECTING TILES • Interior designers offer insights on choosing tile materials and working with pattern

Style with A CONSCIENCE • Discover ways to make decorating choices that are sustainable, considered, innovative and enduring, from textiles to furniture

LEADING LIGHTS • Combining aesthetic attention to detail and the latest technology, this lighting company provides a complete design service and versatilility of products from fittings to switches

COOKING AL FRESCO

Furniture for LAZY, HAZY DAYS • From enjoying a quiet morning coffee to entertaining friends and family, make the most of outdoor living with pieces designed to enhance every occasion

STORAGE SOLUTIONS

ATMOSPHERIC LIGHTING

MOOD ENHANCERS

PERFECTLY IN ZINC • When their search for zinc garden products proved fruitless, interior designers Richard and Jane Clifford created a company designing and selling their own

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

FROM PATCH TO PLATE Matthew Fort • The food writer and critic tells of his passion for growing fresh, fragrant herbs in the garden and how for relatively little effort they reap abundant rewards in flavour

The art of hosting & OTHER PERILS • India Hicks – granddaughter of Earl Mountbatten of Burma and daughter of interior designer the late David Hicks – like her mother, Lady Pamela Hicks, loves to entertain. Here she shares her laid-back style tips interwoven with humorous family anecdotes

READER OFFER

Celebrating CREATIVITY IN LOCKDOWN • The challenges of the past year have provided an opportunity for many designers and craftspeople to forge a new path in their creative endeavours, from diving into exciting collaborative projects to fulfilling long-held ambitions

RESOURCES TO INSPIRE AND SET CREATIVITY ALIGHT • Take time to explore and develop artistic expression with our suggested...