Interiors
Country Life's Top 100
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Injecting colour, pattern and character into a once-plain sitting room
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A Suffolk sitting room that's a perfect example of how to bring joy and warmth
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Animals, obelisks and bare plaster: Country Life predicts what will be hot in interior design this year
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Soft colours and bold geometry inspire this Notting Hill sitting room
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Knock down or rebuild? Kitchen island or cook's table? The 10 questions to ask when you're doing up a house
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The key to a great bathroom? Make it feel more like your sitting room — even to the point of having an armchair next to the bath
Kitchens
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'Other cultures celebrate the elderly. So why do we consign them to beige farms that smell of cabbage and wee?': Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen on Changing Rooms, retirement living and growing old disgracefully
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Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen: Changing rooms, mixing leather and velvet, and the joy of growing old disgracefully
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A spare room so pretty and charming that you'll wonder why yours isn't as perfect
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Breaking the fourth wall: How Country Life's interiors editor redesigned and restored his own home
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Event: Country houses for a new generation
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The £7,500 peacock that brings grace, elegance and beauty... but without the noise and the defecation
Bathrooms
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Tea and sympathy: What the world of interiors owes to Geoffrey Bennison
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The dog that costs £120,000, the definition of English style, great balls of fire and the Quiz of the Day
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'It’s a slow-cooked, nourishing soup with 1,000 lovely ingredients swirling within it. Each has its own special contribution. The only thing none of us have ever been able to stand is when the ingredients are all new': Ben Pentreath on English style
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'We talk about life's big questions with people who probably thought they were just coming in to discuss the redecoration of their house': Nicole Salvesen and Mary Graham on the Country Life Podcast
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Say no to boring walls: Six choices of paint and paper which will get people talking
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True craftsmanship means making things that last generations — but these skills are in danger of being lost forever
Living Spaces
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The Art of Lighting: Four of Britain's top designers share their best tips for choosing lighting
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The best new indoor planters, pots and plant stands
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Get two free tickets for the London Homebuilding & Renovating Show
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An oasis of peace in the maelstrom of Covent Garden
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The timeless appeal of Vaughan and the secrets of good lighting to be unpacked by four of Britain's top designers
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Pale and interesting: The textile technology that's bringing back cream interiors
Bedrooms
Interiors
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A unique insight into Blenheim Palace, with the interior designer whose family have lived there for 12 generations
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Striking wallpaper that makes this Parisian sitting room sing
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The Designer's Room: A sitting room splashed with colour, space and style
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A London townhouse kitchen created for work, rest and play
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How large-scale wallpapers transport you to another world
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From siege engines to Passivhaus: How oak holds its own