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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FROM THE EDITOR

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

TABLES D’HAUTE • RUTH SLEIGHTHOLME curates a collection of distinctive occasional tables that are objects of beauty in their own right

PHOTO FRAMES • ELENA SMINTINA lines up designs that are pretty as a picture

Think outside the box • There is nothing square about the latest richly coloured wallcoverings selected by RÉMY MISHON

DISPLAYING art over FIREPLACES • Using the space above a chimneypiece to showcase artwork is not new, but a creative combination will stand out. RUTH SLEIGHTHOLME highlights interiors in which pieces have been mounted above mantels with particular aplomb

ADDRESS BOOK: Chimneypieces, log burners and fireside accessories

INSIDER • What’s new, what’s happening and what you need to know

Big and blue

The List • Highlighting directory members in the UK and US

Garden getaways: Mallorca • Consider taking a short break on the Balearic island to enjoy the late-season Mediterranean sunshine and discover the horticultural highlights in the gardens of historic houses

INSIDER books

Art Scene • In this special section, FIONA McKENZIE JOHNSTON and photographer JOSHUA MONAGHAN visit four artists whose practice has been transformed by a residency. PLUS We meet the founder of Maak, the online auction house for contemporary ceramics, and feature this autumn’s key selling shows and exhibitions

FIRED UP • It was MARIJKE VARRALL-JONES’ passion for pottery that led her, in 2009, to launch the first online auction house for contemporary ceramics, which has since seen some record-breaking sales and an exciting evolution

London’s October fairs and commercial gallery shows

Francis Bacon: Human Presence

Three more to see…

stories • THIS MONTH: Art-filled homes in London and Kent, and an elegant Menorcan townhouse; plus Dan Pearson’s revival of a Connecticut garden and a new series profiling forward-thinking gardeners

The writing’s on the wall • The Kent home of artist Robert Montgomery and poet and actress Greta Bellamacina is a jewel box of candy colours, distinctive antiques and original artworks. The effect is irreverent and original, and provides the perfect setting for their family life and work

High concept • On the 21st floor of a Barbican tower block, the flat of Royal Academician Michael Craig-Martin mirrors his artistic aesthetic, with clean lines, blocks of colour and careful placement of artworks and the design classics that feature in his work

Wall story • It is no surprise that art dominates the west London house of photographer and curator Steve Lazarides. But this is no austere, gallery-like space: it is a characterful, comfortable family home, thanks to Maria Speake of Retrouvius and her skilful use of bold colours and salvaged materials

THIS must be the PLACE • Holidaying on Menorca, antique dealer Dorian Caffot de Fawes and his interior designer husband Thomas Daviet felt an immediate affinity for the capital Mahón and its burgeoning art scene. It led them to make the unexpected decision to create a beautiful home for themselves, and a base for their business, on the Spanish...