Homes

Victorian house library

A timeless renovation of a London Victorian home

Layers of pattern, ornate mouldings, gilded chandeliers and innumerable gilt-framed pictures provide guests with plenty to look at.

Restoring and decorating a Victorian B&B

The traditionally furnished dining area has a more intimate feel.

Renovating and decorating an ancient French farmhouse

Britain’s most Instagrammed stately homes

An example of an Addison home built after the First World War in the Arts and Crafts style

British house styles across the ages

The car on the wall is from an old fairground dodgem ride. The boxes with long handles are chapel collection boxes. Image: Grant Scott.

Real homes Inside Drew Pritchard's converted Methodist chapel

The east London home of Kentaro Poteliakhoff

Play house: inside Kentaro Poteliakhoff’s joyful Victorian home

The sitting room features an overmantel mirror that the couple bought at an auction in Plymouth. The inherited club chair has a throw from the Biggest Blanket Company. An Edwardian brass coal box and fender complements the unusual Regency fire guard

A perfect find: antiques dealers Jo and Michael Saffell’s Bath home

Green accents pop against the neutral palette of the recently renovated living room. The candle tree, bought from a local antiques centre, sits on an antique Indian trunk right In the hallway hangs a vintage clock.’We love the real rust and ware the clock’s gathered over its lifetime,’ says Sam

Christmas in the countryside with Sam Wilson

Janice has hidden her TV inside a cupboard made from reclaimed floorboards

A collectors Christmas: Janice Issitt’s 1980s home

Timely design: Jim and Chloe Read's playful festive home

Timely design: Jim and Chloe Read’s playful festive home

One wall of the library is papered in Bohème by Bien Fait, adding impact alongside shelving.

Creating cohesion: Camille Hermand’s characterful Parisian home

Drawing on her theatrical background, designer Maria Fernanda Guirao mixes colour and pattern with unusual antiques to bring a sense of surprise to her Victorian terraced house

Setting the scene: inside Maria Fernanda Guirao’s colourful Victorian terrace

The Priest House North Lane, West Hoathly, West Sussex

Meet the custodians: the guardians of Britain’s stately homes

Susi Bellamy - Living Room. Photography by James Balston.

Designer Susi Bellamy’s home is an Italian palazzo in the heart of Northumberland