House and Garden

House & Garden unlocks the door to an array of unique homes and outdoor features, ranging from town houses and converted barns to fabulous modern apartments and island retreats. Outdoor features are equally varied, including cottage gardens, water gardens and chic, city courtyards. House & Garden provides an invaluable sourcebook of ideas, from design and decoration to the best of travel, delicious recipes and fine wine. Britain’s most glamorous, inspiring and influential design and decoration magazine.

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DESIGN 100 • The people, places, products and ideas shaping the world of contemporary design

Notebook • RUTH SLEIGHTHOLME shows us what has caught her eye this month

Reflected glory • RÉMY MISHON stages a selection of glamorous mirrors worthy of a star’s dressing room

TRINKET BOXES • ELENA SMINTINA lifts the lid on distinctive and decorative pieces for storage and display

Swede dreams • In two 18th-century Swedish manor houses, RUTH SLEIGHTHOLME uses the latest fabrics to evoke a spectral sense of their rich history and the people who have passed through their elegant rooms

Contemporary kitchens • CHRISTABEL CHUBB highlights designs that make use of modern and minimalist elements in creative ways

ADDRESS BOOK: • Contemporary kitchen units, surfaces and accessories

LDF: Blanket coverage

Dates for your calendar

The List • Highlighting directory members and their news

The Kitchen Garden Year: October • With winter on the way, it is time to harvest the final crops, sow and protect hardier varieties and nurture your soil in preparation for planting next spring

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PEOPLE • Interesting individuals with fascinating stories

VINTAGE YEARS • With impressive speed, CONSTANCE AND LAWRENCE SLAUGHTER have transformed the neglected estate of their handsome Provençal château, and created a state-of-the-art organic vineyard, producing highly regarded wines and welcoming visitors for tours and tastings

BLOOMFIELD INK • HANNAH SHUCKBURGH is delighted to learn that the art of traditional block-printing is being kept alive in the creation of exquisite wallpapers by Emerald Dangerfield and Prue MacLeod

ROSE WYLIE • FIONA McKENZIE JOHNSTON and photographer JOSHUA MONAGHAN visit the Royal Academician whose idiosyncratic space reflects the freedom of her process

Stories • THIS MONTH: Well-designed interiors – from grand-scale elegance in Oxfordshire to intimate chic in London; plus a dramatic Cornish garden

MAKING HISTORY • Though it has been extensively reworked and enlarged, this Oxfordshire house has all the hallmarks of a Georgian building, thanks to Ben Pentreath’s understanding of Classical architecture and his elegantly pared-back interiors, in which antiques, salvaged features and traditional craftsmanship shine

When TWO Become ONE • Eager to have more room for herself and her daughter, Rita Konig bought the flat above her London home and combined them to create one cohesive space that has all the trademarks of her design, including inventive details, bold use of pattern and a blending of the beautiful and the practical

United in style • Working with the owner of this Edwardian house in London, interior designer Alex Dauley has created just the right balance of old with new, minimalism with warmth, and elegance with practicality to achieve her client’s vision

Fine tuning • Known for her ability to make every room sing, Beata Heuman was the ideal choice to decorate a musician’s family home. By introducing texture, colour and ingenious design details, the interior designer has softened the contemporary lines of this London house and brought the spaces...