Ruth Sleightholme
Ruth joined the House & Garden decoration team in 2010 and has been styling the magazine's main shoots ever since. A lover of textiles, pattern and treasured ceramics, Ruth has an eagle eye for the latest trends and a zeal for pulling together a good scheme. Follow her on Instagram at [link url="https://www.instagram.com/rutherton/]@rutherton[/link].
Design Ideas
A complete guide to choosing paint colour like a House & Garden editor
Choosing paint colours can be a fiendishly difficult task, but our deputy decoration editor Ruth Sleightholme has some advice on how to make it easier.
Design Ideas
Interior designers demonstrate how to decorate with pattern
Ruth Sleightholme and Elena Smintina use examples from the world's best interior designers to show how florals, antique textiles, striped fabrics and carefully chosen colour palettes can be used to create distinctive yet harmonious schemes
Cover all: we review Piglet in Bed's ‘Merino Wool Duvet’
We test out Piglet in Bed's ‘Merino Wool Duvet’ to see if it's worth committing to.
Pillow talk: we review Marks & Spencer's Hotel Soft Cotton Medium Pillow
We test out the Marks & Spencer's Hotel Soft Cotton Medium Pillow to see if it's worth committing to
Bedroom shopping
The best places to buy bedding in 2024, tried and tested
Bedding can make a huge difference to your sleep, so make sure you get it right with our guide to the best duvet covers, bed sheets and bedding sets, in everything from luxurious cotton sateen to deliciously rumpled linen
What to buy for your house this May, according to our style director
May's objects of desire, brought to you by House & Garden's decoration team. This month, Ruth Sleightholme shows us what has caught her eye
An idiosyncratic London flat filled with auction-house treasures and handmade pieces
A tiny rented flat in London is an ingenious home for modern furniture dealer Stanley Quaia and their partner, along with their art, furniture, and interesting finds and inventions.
What to buy for your house this April, according to our style director
April's objects of desire, brought to you by House & Garden's decoration team. This month, Ruth Sleightholme shows us what has caught her eye
Puff pieces: our decoration team pumps up the volume with new spring fabric collections
Ruth Sleightholme showcases the best of the new fabric collections for spring
Garden shopping
The best garden furniture stores to help you spruce up your outdoor space
We're bookmarking the best rattan garden furniture, garden chairs, garden benches, and patio sets to spruce up our gardens in time for spring.
Design ideas for trompe-l’oeil
This artistic device, in which the eye is tricked into perceiving painted surfaces as three dimensional, can be used to create evocative interiors or add playful touches to rooms. Ruth Sleightholme highlights examples – from the charming to the immersive
An Arts and Crafts-style cottage on an East Sussex clifftop
The cottage has been gradually reconfigured over the past 30 years by a creative couple to provide a versatile home, cleverly adapted to accommodate their evolving work and family requirements
What to buy for your house this March, according to our style director
March's objects of desire, brought to you by House & Garden's decoration team. This month, Ruth Sleightholme shows us what has caught her eye
Lighting
Our editors' picks of the best lampshades
Lampshades are a House & Garden staple: from classic card lampshades to fabulously decorative pleated lampshades, these are our favourites
A rich shoppable scheme of Eastern-influenced red and black
Ruth Sleightholme reinterprets the classic combination of red and black in atmospheric room schemes that layer eye-catching floral prints with distinctive Eastern-influenced antique furniture and accessories
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Shopping
Our pick of the most joyful rugs to ground a room
Warm up your floors and add a dash of design whilst you’re at it with our pick of the loveliest rugs in all shapes and sizes
Design Ideas
How to get the look of a classic English country cottage
Cottage interior design is familiar to all of us - a cosy armchair by the fire, simple wooden furniture, quilt-covered beds to sink into... We've gathered our most inspiring interiors from around the archive
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What to buy for your house this February, according to our style director
February's objects of desire, brought to you by House & Garden's decoration team. Ruth Sleightholme shows us what has caught her eye this month
Shopping
29 best sofa beds for 2024, as tested by our editors
The House & Garden team advise on how to buy the best sofa beds, including small and double bed, click clack options, futons, and pull outs.
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What to buy for your house this January, according to our decoration editor
January's objects of desire, brought to you by House & Garden's decoration team. Ruth Sleightholme shows us what has caught her eye this month