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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House and Garden

FROM THE EDITOR

Notebook • GABBY DEEMING shows us what has caught her eye this month

Just add water • Bring the outdoors in with RÉMY MISHON’s selection of planters, pots and stands

wise buys DESKS • RÉMY MISHON finds WFH heroes for under £490

ABOVE & BEYOND • The mantelpiece provides a brilliant setting for a visual display that can help to make it the focal point of a room. GABBY DEEMING and RUTH SLEIGHTHOLME explore the art of decorative arranging

WORKING FROM HOME • Longing for a study or home office that is chic as well as functional? RUTH SLEIGHTHOLME explores ways to create a smart room, or carve out an attractive workspace in a hard-working house

JANINE STONE on EXPLORING SURFACE MATERIALS

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MEET THE MAKERS

NEW DESIGNER COLLECTIONS • A host of interior designers are turning their eye to furniture and accessories. We highlight four recent launches

Words and pictures

Art scene

Out & about

Sourcebook: Kitchens • LAURA NORMANTON highlights the latest designs, from worktops and storage to lighting and napkins

MARY BARBER FRAY • The List By House & Garden is our indispensable guide to design professionals. Take inspiration from this interiors scheme and these products, selected from some of its standout members

STILL WATERS • Promoting a sense of calm and wellbeing is at the heart of the bathroom brand VitrA’s creative ethos, and the design of its new flagship showroom in London’s Clerkenwell is no exception

Outside interests

INSIDER news

PEOPLE • THIS MONTH: A maker of Arts and Crafts-style chairs; a collector of antique Irish lace; and a painter whose intricate works are inspired by the landscapes of Kashmir

LAWRENCE NEAL • ELIZABETH METCALFE visits the Warwickshire workshop of one of the last makers of rush-seated chairs in the country, who learnt the traditional craft from his father and is now passing on his skills to the next generation

HISTORY IN THE MAKING • ROSEMARY CATHCART’s passion for antique Irish lace and its history led her to spend decades acquiring the finest examples. Her fairy-tale collection is showcased in her home in a village in Northern Ireland, where her business Sheelin Lace is based

RAQIB SHAW • EMILY TOBIN visits the maximalist painter, whose peace of mind is enhanced by creating his intricate works inspired by Kashmiri landscapes and the renovation of his courtyard garden

Stories • THIS MONTH: Eye-catching interiors – from an art-filled contemporary house and an elegant London flat to an inviting Welsh cottage; creative ways with early-spring bulbs; and garden designer Emily Erlam’s own city plot

up in the clouds • Cécile Gavazzi has collaborated with some of her favourite creatives on the decoration of her west London apartment, an elegant amalgam of several existing flats at the top of two Victorian townhouses

HIGHER ENERGY

Well preserved • After sensitively reconfiguring its interior to suit the needs of their family, the owners of this Welsh cottage have furnished it with an appealing mix of homely pieces gathered over the years

AN ENDURING INFLUENCE • Inspired by her upbringing on Long Island...