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Research, re-measure – and don’t rush: how to avoid a kitchen extension nightmare | Homes
To know me is to know my kitchen. For the past three years, ever since my husband and I decided to renovate, it has consumed …
Squiggly mirrors and mushrooms: how are gen Z decorating their first homes | Interiors
In the mid-2010s, the dawn of Pinterest interior design boards and advent of cheap online homewares contributed to the beginnings of a millennial aesthetic. Familiar …
Greased up: cooking oil can’t go down the drain – so how do you dispose of it? | Homes
So, you shallow fried some fish for dinner and now the washing up awaits. But first, you’re forced to solve a great kitchen riddle: what …
Eco homes and a Michelin green star: sustainable living on Denmark’s Djursland peninsula | Denmark holidays
The Swedes, with their lush forests, and the Norwegians, with their dramatic mountains, like to joke about Denmark – that it is Scandinavia’s leftovers all …
In living colour: how a Victorian tannery became an upbeat apartment | Homes
When Nikki Lindman viewed this apartment in south-east London, she was more than ready for a fresh start. “I was in the final stretch of …
How to transform dead spaces in your home –from unused fireplaces to that bit under the stairs | Homes
Top shelves If you’re short of storage, those hard-to-reach spaces, such as the tops of shelves, will need reappraising. “There are always opportunities to maximise …
‘He’s much more cheery than that’: a son’s self-portrait, painted in secret | Homes
Five years ago, author Kylie Needham was given a surprise birthday present by her then 12-year-old son Joe. The oil on canvas self-portrait had been …
Too good to be true? What it is really like to win a £3m dream home | Homes
If someone approached you on the street and told you that, for just a tenner, you could win the kind of house that would cause …
Upgrading Your Entryway: Your Home’s First Impression
Presented by The Home Depot Let’s agree on one thing straight out of the gate: first impressions matter. The clothes you wear. How you shake …
High ceilings aren’t always best – and location isn’t everything: 10 of the biggest house myths debunked | Homes
Kids should have their own room It’s fine for children to bunk down in one room, provided they have a “timeout space” – a room …
Mouldy Britain: a foolproof guide to rescuing your home from damp | Homes
Complaints about mould in social housing have doubled in two years, and with the climate crisis, increased rainfall means the risk of damp and mould …
The secondhand home: 15 ways to find the vintage furniture of your dreams | Homes
There are few downsides to secondhand furniture and homeware, especially in a cost of living crisis. They keep things in use and out of landfill, …
‘I found a few vintage coats which I grabbed, and ran’: inside the weird world of estate sales | Homes
In a private home in Cheviot Hills, Los Angeles, Amy Byer is playing the piano wearing white leather gloves and a gold 1960s chinoiserie robe. …
Millie Bobby Brown Wore Louis Vuitton To The ‘Enola Homes 2’ New York Premiere
Millie Bobby Brown returned to the red carpet for the world premiere of ‘Enola Holmes 2’ which was held at the Paris Theater on Thursday …
‘They’re just better at it’: the rise of the rock star home organiser | Homes
Most of the “stay safe, stay home” trends from the past two years have burned brightly before falling out of favour. Banana bread once had …
‘Mid-century millennial’ – the ubiquitous look that took over a generation’s homes | Interiors
For two years from 2017, I was subletting a flat in Stockholm, and the deal was that it would contain everything except the owner’s clothes …
‘Outside space? That’s the beach’: restoring a 300-year-old fishing cottage | Homes
It wasn’t Deal’s beach or pretty back streets that made Miria and Tom Harris want to buy a home there, but the Kent town’s butcher, …