Old houses with contemporary interiors
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A deeply stylish house you can stay in on one of Bath's loveliest streets
When Tobias Vernon, the gallerist and dealer behind 8 Holland Street, opened a new space in Bath, he decided to create a superlatively sophisticated guesthouse where visitors can immerse themselves in the gallery's unique aesthetic
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Two interior designers on their beautifully calm and pared-back Wiltshire farmhouse
Involving an ambitious restoration project and a reconfiguring of the layout, James Thurstan Waterworth and Scarlett Supple’s transformation of a Wiltshire farmhouse has resulted in a calm, pared-back interior defined by James’s eclectic antique finds
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An east London family house with serene, minimalist interiors
Interior designer Laura Logan has carved a calm family home out of a jumbled Victorian terrace in Leytonstone, working with EJ Studio to create spaces filled with light
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Nicola Harding's sleek and colourful design for a glorious riverside house
Set on the banks of the Thames, this 18th-century house has always been blessed with a glorious outlook. But, after an artful redesign by Nicola Harding, its interior now has a sense of flow and an easy elegance perfectly suited to a weekend family home
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How Salvesen Graham brought an unusual Georgian house back to life
Navigating a clock house, coronavirus and a colour blind client, the design duo brought their signature charm to a family home
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An artist's Art Nouveau apartment high in the hills above Barcelona
Not even a resident ghost could dissuade artist Sergio Roger and his partner Fernando Ansorena from creating a heavenly home in this hilltop apartment overlooking Barcelona
Country
An historic rectory in Sussex that deftly brings together the old and the new
Never one to rush things, Emma Milne-Watson has gradually breathed new life into a centuries-old rectory in Sussex, respecting its history while creating a distinctive home for her family by effortlessly mixing classic and contemporary elements
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The serenely elegant country house of the couple behind Our Food Stories
When stylist Nora Eisermann and her photographer wife Laura Muthesius acquired a neglected former schoolhouse in the north German countryside, it took a gut renovation to transform it into the calmly beautiful retreat it now is
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A deeply inventive Gloucestershire barn conversion by the founders of Rapture & Wright
The couple behind Rapture & Wright fabrics and wallpapers are used to combining their talents to creative effect – not least in the design of the Gloucestershire barn conversion where they live and work
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How Lucy Cunningham rewrote Toad Hall for family life
Working with the same client for the third time, Lucy Cunningham carefully brings the magic back to Toad Hall in Buckinghamshire
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Billy Cotton imparts a sense of modern grace to a grand old American house
A combination of the owner’s daring tastes, the architect’s classical leanings and interior designer Billy Cotton’s veneration of New England style has given this Twenties Westchester mansion an authentic yet individual feel
London Houses
An imposing Victorian house given texture and refinement by Ebba Thott
Taking on a listed Victorian house, with Nineties decoration and owners who love hotel chic, is not an easy commission. But Sigmar’s Ebba Thott relished the challenge to create refined modern interiors to suit the family’s lifestyle in their south London home
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A RIBA-award-winning Georgian farmhouse beautifully restored for modern life
Keen to take a creative approach to the renovation of their Gloucestershire farmhouse, its owners commissioned award-winning architect Alison Brooks to radically reimagine the internal space of the late-Georgian main house and an unappealing extension
Modern Country
A refreshingly individual take on country-cottage style
This idyllic cottage in Oxfordshire was looking rather tired until a trio of creatives - designer Sarah Delaney, architects Barnaby Gunning and garden designer Butter Wakefield - gave it a characterful update, both inside and out
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A restful waterside house by Turner Pocock with a garden full of surprises
Drawn to this Georgian home in Berkshire by its tranquil waterside location, the owners tasked Turner Pocock’s designers with creating interiors that would reflect the surrounding natural beauty and provide a welcoming space for visiting family and friends
Quiet Interiors
The home of cult lighting brand Ochre's director balances minimalism with Georgian elegance
Georgian elegance meets modern minimalism in this London family house owned by two creatives, who have employed a mix of reclaimed materials and contemporary pieces to eye-catching effect
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A Victorian house in Cambridge undergoes a California-style renovation
A handsome Victorian house in Cambridge that had seen better days has been respectfully rejuvenated by the architect Neil Dusheiko, taking inspiration from the renowned mid-century Case Study Houses in California
Old houses with contemporary interiors
Pierre Yovanovitch's château in the south of France, filled with 20th-century art and design
In an extract from his eponymous book on his interiors, we take a look around designer Pierre Yovanovitch's spectacular château in Fabrègues in the south of France
Designers' houses
A cowshed in rural France transformed in to a stylish home by the owners of Pinch
Since he was a child, Russell Pinch’s family has been restoring a sleepy hamlet in western France. Now he and his wife Oona Bannon have transformed the last building, an old cowshed, into a holiday house filled with their elegant furniture
Italian Houses
A captivating farmhouse in the Tuscan countryside
It took the owners years to find this stone farmhouse in Tuscany and even longer to get permission for the renovation that they had in mind – but it was certainly worth the wait