Collecting

TV personality, restorer and furniture designer Jay Blades in his workshop

Jay Blades: ‘How I found fame on Money for Nothing’

A black and white portrait of Lucienne Day

Celebrate International Women’s Day with these influential female designers

A range of house plants on wicker side tables in front of a large macrame wall hanging.

8 fun ways to decorate with houseplants

Furniture restorer and designer Jay Blades in his workshop

Meet our new columnist JAY BLADES!

Celebrate the life of Florence Knoll

Florence Knoll: celebrate the life of an icon

An antique printers tray is mounted on the wall and used to display a collection of small curios

How to organise your home using antiques

Dick and Angel Strawbridge, plus their children, dressed for winter on an old-fashioned fairground ride

Escape to the Chateau: How Dick and Angel are celebrating Christmas

Antiques Roadshow expert Paul Atterbury on Augustus Pugin

An illustration by Polly Fearne showing bidders in a salesroom

Collecting Guides

A beginners guide to buying at auction

A woman holds a silver-gilt candelabra, one of a pair whilst wearing gloves

How do I clean my antique candle holders?

Vintage and antique teapot guide: how to collect teapots and history of tea drinking in Britain

An Art Nouveau advert for Olsina Water Paints

Art nouveau: the history, the designers, the antiques

Angel Adoree of Escape to the Chateau on her passion for vintage

An Iznik pottery dish Turkey, early 17th Century

How to buy antiques from the Ottoman Empire