From making decisions on restoring or replacing to figuring out how to lay out your house, Giles Kime talks through the questions you're likely to face when revamping an old property.
Flora Soames is on a mission to encourage more and more of us to embrace the concept of the decorated bathroom.
30 years after finding worldwide fame as TV's most flamboyant interior designer, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen has a new mission: to turn retirement villages into places more like boutique hotels than 'oatmeal coffins'.
Interior designer and TV icon Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen joins the Country Life Podcast.
Interior designer Rita Konig infused this spare bedroom with a lively freshness. She explained the process to Arabella Youens.
When he bought a tired 17th-century cottage, Giles Kime set out to discover if it’s possible to make an old house as comfortable as a new one.
On Wednesday November 6, leading experts will offer insights into the changing nature of the rural retreat at an event hosted by Country Life.
Peacocks are beautiful birds — but that doesn't mean they're easy to live with. Unless they're not really peacocks at all...
Forty years after Geoffrey Bennison’s death, the collection that bears his name epitomises his contribution to classic English taste. Giles Kime pays tribute.
Plus, a €12 million estate, and a rare outbreak of good news in Britain's waterways — it's The Dawn Chorus, our regular daily round-up of things you don't need to know, but will enjoy finding out about nonetheless.
One of the most important rules of English decorating is that there are no rules. Confused? Don’t be. It’s simply an aesthetic that requires a certain mindset, believes Ben Pentreath.
Nicole Salvesen and Mary Graham of Salvesen Graham join James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast.
Giles Kime is worried about the state of craftsmanship in Britain.
At a recent panel discussion hosted at Vaughan’s London showroom during Focus/24, interior designers Emma Pocock and Sarah Peake, lighting designer Jo Mann of Lighthouse Designs and Richard Smith of Vaughan shared their top 10 tips on choosing lighting.
Ideas for growing and enjoying houseplants, selected by Amelia Thorpe.
When is a bath not a bath? When it's a work of art.
The London Homebuilding & Renovating Show takes place at ExCeL in London from 27-29 September, and Country Life readers can attend for free.
This Eadie and Crole designed drawing room is cool, calm and timeless.
For more than four decades, Vaughan has combined inspiration from past and present to create beautifully crafted lighting, furniture and textiles that will stand the test of time.
