As we prepare for Halloween, discover the stories of ghosts, witches and the wider supernatural that are deeply embedded in ...

Maxine Harrison Sloss's tranquil Georgian property in the Scottish Borders with poignant echoes of The Secret Garden ...

With Autumn upon us, it’s the perfect time for a bit of a rethink on the home front. Our Decorating Guide focuses on colour and pattern trends for 2025, the best eco paint brands, and picking the ...

Franck Montialoux and his husband Miguel lovingly restored this elegant manor house in Normandy, and filled it with pieces that reflect their love of antiques and portraiture. At the end of a golden ...

The precise history of Katherine Marland’s Welsh home, set beside a narrow winding track in a wood-fringed Monmouthshire hamlet, is unknown. What Katherine, an antiques dealer, can tell you is that ...

How do you identify a vintage engagement ring? You can tell an older ring by the way it’s made. Typically, the whole ring sits slightly lower on the hand and there is usually less metal visible around ...

When Clive Mead and his partner Stephen Hewson went to view their early 18th-century townhouse, they definitely weren’t in the market for another move. They were just being curious, having already ...

As soon as you step into Aude Christin’s Paris apartment, the noisy boulevards with their sirens and heavy traffic are quickly forgotten. Entered via a leafy courtyard, the interior designer and ...

Having discovered this thatched cottage while holidaying in a favourite spot on the coast of the Baltic Sea, Christine Pink bought it as a weekend bolthole. However, she fell in love with the property ...

Go to as many exhibitions as possible, advises Caroline Lay of Lay's Auctioneers. - - Who hasn’t felt a twinge of envy upon seeing a beautifully furnished home with an equally well-curated ‘gallery ...

If Paula Goodburn could bottle up the evocative aromas of South Africa, which she describes as ‘the mix of red earth warmed by intense sunshine’, she would. For now, the designer, who was born in ...