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
Treasure Ireland • RÉMY MISHON assembles beautifully crafted pieces and furnishings from Irish makers
NOTE CARDS • BRADLEY PALMER writes up correspondence sets for £27 or less
Acid House • Inspired by the resurgence of interest in Nineties pop and rave culture, RUTH SLEIGHTHOLME presents a series of heady, rainbow-hued schemes – with a warehouse-living vibe
DESIGN IDEAS - from - KATE HAWKINS • When the CommonRoom founder and her husband Sam bought this Victorian terrace in Clapton in 2017, it was in need of a complete structural and decorative overhaul. For Kate, who creates new wallpapers as well as reviving archival designs, the house has become a showcase for her love of pattern and colour. Here, she explains the design process to ELIZABETH METCALFE
My pinboard • Kate Hawkins reveals what inspires her and what she is currently coveting
INSIDER
Out & about
Sourcebook LIGHTING • LAURA NORMANTON selects the latest suitable designs – from pendants to wall lights
The anatomy of a room by ARIEL OKIN • 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 in the UK and the US
CUT AND DRIED IDEAS • A new book will inspire you to dry flowers for beautiful, long-lasting displays
Words and pictures
Art scene
PEOPLE • THIS MONTH: A ceramicist whose studios embody his rustic ideal; a designer giving new life to exquisite antique textiles; and an under-the-radar Turner Prize nominee
Lifestyle DOWN TO EARTH • Ceramicist STEVE HARRISON works from pared-back studios in London and Wales, where minimal concessions to modern life create the conditions that ground him
Specialist BY WALID • SERENA FOKSCHANER visits the London workshop of British-Iraqi designer Walid Damirji and discovers how his passion for upcycling feeds into his multi-layered pieces crafted from restored antique textiles
Artists in their studio HURVIN ANDERSON • EMILY TOBIN visits the 2017 Turner Prize nominee’s Cambridgeshire home where, for almost two years, his powerful explorations of migration and displacement have taken form
Don’t miss the March issue, on sale February 3 Featuring • FOUR TIMELESS RESTORATIONS + FIFE’S HISTORIC DAFFODIL DYNASTY + HEAVENLY TRAVEL INSPIRATION
Stories • THIS MONTH: Richly layered houses in London, Hampshire, the Cotswolds and Toronto, plus enchanting topiary at Mapperton and a guide to witch hazels
The house built by the landscape • An hour’s drive from Marrakech, this newbuild seems to have sprung from the Moroccan hillside – testament to the skill of architectural firm Studio KO in using local elements such as red stone and mud to give it a sense of place
restored and revived • Transforming this cowshed-turned-office in Hampshire into a home was all in a day’s work for furniture restorers Jeremy and Anna Rothman, who have layered art, antiques and bespoke fittings to create a timelessly elegant space
Beyond the law • Giving up a career as a lawyer for...