Homes

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

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Antiques-filled interiors that make us smile

How to create a baker’s kitchen at home

The House and Upper Pond

10 of the most haunted stately homes and castles to visit in Britain

Helen Ward's deep blue living room featuring a wood burner, pops of neon and a reupholstered Egg chair

Discover a playful Edwardian home that mixes dark colours with vintage accessories

The living room's french windows open out to the patio

An elegant and understated home filled with renovated antiques