What to Buy

Interior designer, author and cook Sophie Conran

What to buy now – interiors ideas for all budgets

Swedish painted folk art box

Folk art interiors – what to buy

Georgian-style Campden armchair in green, with exposed feet

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A whippet lies on an antique four-poster bed

The joy of an antique four-poster bed

Three pottery pieces from Design Consort

Stoke-on-Trent’s latest pottery mission

An illustration of an auction

How to buy antiques online

Folk-style children's gifts atop a child's desk

The Homes & Antiques Christmas Gift Guide

A 1960 Picasso exhibition poster

Top tips for buying vintage posters

An antique pocket watch

Collecting Guides

What to look for when collecting pocket watches

Exterior of Potterton Books

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Mid-century pieces at The Modern Marketplace Show

The best online antiques auctions and shops

10 things you (probably) didn’t know about rattan and wickerwork

A 'Hammersley' rose tea cup

How to throw a vintage Mother’s Day tea

A painting of people buying antiques

15 tips for buying antiques abroad

A trio of concrete diamond plant pots

10 of the best planters and plant pots