The English Home

The English Home brings you seasonal British design and lifestyle throughout the year. Every issue includes quintessentially British kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms and living rooms, with useful advice from leading interior designers and architects on how to achieve classic, elegant style.

A letter from home

The English Home

PATTERN CHANGE

NOTEBOOK • Pep up interiors with our edit of enticing new launches, exciting collaborations, and eye-catching striped accessories

ANGIE LEWIN • The artist’s distinctive flair for printmaking has been translated into fabrics, wallpapers, and now blankets. We discover how her passion for design, art and plants influences her work

RICH LAYERS • Neutral tones have taken a warm turn this season. Combine saturated earthy shades and natural textures to create a sumptuous, comforting scheme

Perfectly IMPERFECT • Antiques dealer and decorator Jack Brister has restored this Georgian townhouse to its past splendour through a meticulous and sensitive restoration

Refined COMFORT • Doubling the size of their Georgian apartment gave Natasha and Daniel Kennedy a two-storey home sympathetic to its strong architectural bones and with a balanced and welcoming decor

Treasure SEEKERS • After a lifetime exploring the globe and searching for curios, Michelle and Brett Farmer have recently set up home in an elegant Victorian apartment on the outskirts of Bath and filled it with their most cherished collections

Elegance & EASE • Interior designer Laura Stephens designed this late-Victorian townhouse around the needs of her growing family, creating a practical yet welcoming home

Essential elements • Recreate this home’s easy elegance with a bold mix of pattern, a playful yet soothing palette and well-crafted pieces that marry form and function

TIME TO RETREAT

Talk of the town • The latest buys for creating welcoming, practical and beautiful interiors in period townhouses

SNUGS • In our ongoing series, we take a room-by-room approach to explore what makes a scheme both functional and decoratively pleasing, drawing inspiration from the homes of creatives, designers and tastemakers

Feeling snug • Create an inviting snug or reading area with tactile textures, comforting colours and thoughtful touches, alongside essentials such as good lighting, a handy table and a comfortable armchair

The art of DISPLAY • Experts share their favourite ways to showcase art and antiques to bring character and soul into the home

Light SHOW • Combining technological innovation with beautiful design, the latest lighting ranges offer functional, artful and atmospheric illumination. Here, we showcase some of our favourite launches from specialist lighting brands

LAYERED LIGHTING • Use ambient, task and accent lighting to create practical and atmospheric schemes

Heat of the moment • Expert advice on choosing heating, from traditional fireplaces and classic radiators to underfloor heating and the latest innovations in heat pumps

From heart TO HOME • Jojo Barr, founder of House Nine Design, offers guidance on turning a vision for the perfect home into reality through careful refinement and a considered sense of balance

LIVING THE SEASON • I NATURE I RECIPES I TRAVEL I

In tune with NATURE • Enjoy the tasty harvests and beautiful sights of November

Winter WARMERS • Cold, rainy days are made for hunkering down by the fire and enjoying comforting food, from warming soups and roasted seasonal vegetables to tender beef ribs, sticky apple cake and a perfectly malty hot chocolate

SECRET LONDON • Our capital city can be an overwhelming place to visit, with so much to see and do. But beyond the familiar sights, there is another, more...