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A colour-filled, 18th-century cottage in the seaside town of Deal
With his keen eye for interesting colour combinations, Russell Loughlan has transformed his Deal house into a joyful place to live
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A rare and remote 18th-century Carmarthenshire cottage restored to its authentic form
Dorian Bowen’s sensitive restoration of a dilapidated 18th-century hand-built rural farmstead acts as a living testimony to age-old Welsh architecture and simpler times
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Ted Morrison's riotously pretty Welsh cottage is the perfect weekend bolthole
Ted and Olivia Morrison have feathered their country bolthole with ‘critical non-essentials’, making it perfect for weekend house parties
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A neglected house on the Norfolk coast meticulously restored by Robert Moore
After realising a dream to move permanently to the North Norfolk coast, interior designer Robert Moore relished the challenge of restoring this neglected Edwardian house
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A farmhouse owned by Guy Ritchie imbued with a colonial-American-meets-English-pub aesthetic
When approached by director Guy Ritchie to decorate a farmhouse on his estate, Edward Hurst instantly knew what he wanted to do with it and the result is a wonderful meeting of minds
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At home for Christmas with our former editor Hatta Byng in her Georgian house in Yorkshire
Hatta Byng tells the story of restoring the house her husband inherited in North Yorkshire, in close collaboration with a team of specialists. The end result is a series of inviting rooms that work as well for daily life as they do for joyful celebrations
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The new owners of Robert Kime's first decoration project call on his studio for a gentle refresh
Buying a house in which little has been changed for 40 years might seem a daunting prospect. But for Rosie Hayes it was a chance to celebrate the timeless interiors created by Robert Kime and update them sympathetically with the help of the studio’s current managing director, Orlando Atty
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A remote cabin in Swedish Lapland lovingly built by hand
Contemporary dance producer Lisa Samos shares her account of the off-grid cabin in Swedish Lapland that she and her husband, artist Olly Williams, designed and built from scratch
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At home with Callie Coles for Christmas in the wild Devon countryside
In a farmhouse on the edge of Dartmoor, Callie Coles and her husband Toby live a life of ‘merry bedlam’, bringing up their three sons surrounded by the animals they love
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A farmhouse in Somerset lovingly given a new lease of life by one half of Compton Marbling
As one half of a traditional paper marbling studio, Alex Lewis is constantly acquiring new skills, as evidenced by his have-a-go renovation of his Somerset farm, employing techniques picked up from family and friends
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A romantic Georgian house and estate in the Scottish Highlands carefully revived by its new owner
Inheriting a Georgian house and estate in the Scottish Highlands sounds like a dream come true. But with the romantic setting comes responsibility, as Korla co-founder Jane Bonsor soon realised
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A former British Vogue staffer's deeply comfortable Hampshire cottage
Emma Sherlock's family house is a layered and lovely space filled with art and heirlooms
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A colour-filled Cotswolds house layered with lovingly collected pieces
As an artist, colours come instinctively to Catherine Cazalet, who has painted her Cotswold house in a riot of bold, beautiful shades
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An 1800s cottage in Derbyshire that helped a designer rediscover his identity
For this designer, his 1800s former mill workers cottage in Derbyshire became a way of navigating grief and proves that homes are as much about emotion as they are aesthetics.
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A colonial-era farmhouse in rural Connecticut gently restored by architect Elizabeth Roberts
The restoration of this colonial-era farmhouse in rural Connecticut marked a departure for its owners and their architect Elizabeth Roberts. Together, they strayed happily from their Brooklyn-based endeavours and embraced a different way of living and working
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From the archive: a spectacular New Zealand hill station with English country house interiors
Mount Algidus Station, a storied property set amid the wild grandeur of New Zealand’s South Island, has been listed with New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty, and is expected to become one of the region’s most significant sales at over $50 million
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The romantic Cotswold cottage of shoe designer Penelope Chilvers
Looking for a country retreat as an antidote to city life, Penelope Chilvers found this charming house in the Cotswolds, and set about making it the perfect place for working and entertaining
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An unusual country house in Warwickshire with curated yet comfortable interiors by Sims Hilditch
Following its latest reinvention at the hands of British design studio Sims Hilditch, this distinctive house has been given a fresh, youthful lift that reflects the lifestyle and sensibilities of its new owners
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A magnificent shingled New England house with views across to Canada designed by Gil Schafer
In an extract from his new book Home at Last: Enduring design for the New American House, the acclaimed American architect Gil Schafer designs a multi-generational family gathering place on a bluff above Lake Champlain in Vermont
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A once-neglected house in the Irish countryside rescued by its former owner
When photographer James Fennell went back to his roots in County Kildare, it was with the aim of rescuing his childhood home. Together with his wife Joanna. he has not only revived Burtown House but also established a kitchen garden, restaurant, farm shop and gallery to secure its future