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
SLEEP CYCLE • Create a colour-rich environment for rest and repose with RÉMY MISHON’s array of bedding – from jewel-bright sheets and striped pillowcases to patchwork quilts
BUD VASES • BRADLEY PALMER arranges a blossoming display with his pick of vessels for £90 and under
Ref lected glory • Paying homage to the timeless style of classic Hollywood decorators, RUTH SLEIGHTHOLME devises glamorous, subtly coloured schemes featuring mirrored accents, elegant prints and silky fabrics
DESIGN IDEAS for ATTIC ROOMS • With their low ceilings and sloping walls, attic rooms and loft conversions can be challenging to decorate and furnish – especially when they lack original architectural features. CHRISTABEL CHUBB highlights interiors that are beautiful, inviting spaces thanks to the use of colour, pattern and texture
INSIDER
Diary dates
Out & about
In crowd
OUTDOORS • LAURA NORMANTON’s pick of garden furniture and accessories – from smart dining sets to useful appliances
The anatomy of a room by KATIE RIDDER • The List By House & Garden is our guide to design professionals. Take inspiration from an interiors scheme and products from some of its members in the US and UK, selected by Olivia Capaldi
Outside interests
Words and pictures
Art scene
Rising stars
Stories • THIS MONTH: Houses with past lives in London, Wiltshire and Yorkshire; plus Jasper Conran’s garden, a Welsh wonder and an audience with the ‘no dig’ king
THE SAME BUT DIFFERENT • When Scott Maddux and Jo leGleud were asked by the owners of this Primrose Hill house to incorporate the furniture they had sourced and designed for their clients’ previous house, the Maddux Creative duo rose to the challenge, giving pieces a new lease of life as part of vibrant and textured schemes
Best dressed • For former Vogue fashion director Lucinda Chambers, the decoration of her west London house has been a 30-year evolution, choosing and adjusting the elements of each room as she would her clothes – with a sense of colour, character and above all stylish comfort
ORIGIN STORY • Antiques dealer Adam Bentley took on the 17th-century stone cottage adjoining his childhood home in West Yorkshire almost 20 years ago, sensitively and thoroughly overhauling it before filling it with an ever-changing mix of pieces
Pitched perfect • It was the red clay roof tiles of this former agricultural building on a Wiltshire farm that provided interiors consultant and antique dealer Thea Speke with the inspiration for its calm, warm palette. Furnished with rustic pieces and vintage European furniture that she has sourced, it is now a welcoming home
DRAMATIC TOUCHES • When West End producer Eilene Davidson cast a Victorian civic building in London as her family home, she called in her longtime collaborator, interior designer John McCall, to set the scene for a beautifully bold transformation
artistic approach • In a quiet corner of rural Dorset, Jasper Conran’s 17th-century house is surrounded by an informal, flower-filled garden that reflects the designer’s predilection for...