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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HOME Comforts • Opt for elegance and style for the year ahead with our selection of beautiful buys

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BLUSHING ROMANCE

NOTEBOOK • Our monthly digest of inside information on people, places and products by Managing Editor Sarah Feeley

THE LONDON EDIT • British-made and sustainable designs from lighting to linen catch Editor-at-Large Kate Freud’s eye this month

Restoring ELEGANCE • A once tired priory in Suffolk has been sympathetically transformed with stylish and classic schemes, thanks to the dedication of owner Jane Meade

Lateral THINKING • A double-fronted home in West London has given interior designer Anna Haines the space she craved and the chance to create beautifully layered schemes that have evolved over the years

Arts & CRAFTS • When Lincoln and Tish Seligman discovered an eighteenth-century barn, they decided to preserve the unique interiors created over decades by its former owner

Bidding FOR BEAUTY • Tim Whittaker and Harvey Cabaniss’s thoughtful restoration of a derelict Georgian townhouse in Whitechapel added a fresh chapter to its colourful history

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

THE FEELING’S neutral • Soft, calm, gentle interiors infused with a palette of natural tones and textures will soothe the soul with a relaxing, comforting mood

The beauty OF BESPOKE • From a mirrored bed to a hidden television cupboard, these impressive projects demonstrate how commissioning custom pieces helps create elegant and functional interior schemes

When bespoke can provide the perfect solution

CLASSIC OR CONTEMPORARY? • Should selecting a new bathroom for a period home mean choosing traditional options to complement character or contemporary designs to offset architectural features?

Ways with PASSEMENTERIE • From a simple run of piping to luxurious fringing, adding trims to soft furnishings elevates the ordinary to the extraordinary

BURNING SUCCESS • Cutting-edge technologies combined with traditional techniques result in stoves, fires and fireplaces to warm the hearts and homes of country and city dwellers alike

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

FROM PATCH TO PLATE Matthew Fort • During a period when his own vegetable beds lie dormant, the food writer and critic is thankful for farmers’ markets full of delicious produce with which to make heart-warming stews

Flora EUPHORIA • More of us than ever are filling our homes with fresh foliage, reaping the visual and mental benefits of nurturing plants and watching them grow

Common plant problems and how to fix them

MY design HERO • Interior designer Paolo Moschino on Bill Blass, American style icon