If you're over the Cotswolds but want a rural idyll, Cathy Hawker highlights some of the best places to live in the UK ...

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Vast in its sprawl and fascinating in its history, Istanbul has found a hotel worthy of its stature in the new Peninsula ...

Rather a red room with warm white woodwork, Cassandra is partial to an warm white room with large red pieces, like built in ...

The Believe singer now lives in an Italian Renaissance-style house in Malibu, but has owned some unlikely properties over the ...

Just a stone's throw from central London, this highly decorative detached house sits in a private enclave of twelve Grade II ...

For looking back, we could credit whimsy for aspects of several of this country’s great houses, gardens and rooms, and thus ...

The interior decorator offers his principles for good decorating (and getting it right when working with a professional) ...

Like packing away summer clothing and checking the Wellington boot collection for holes and spiders, these may sound like ...

The December issue has landed, and with it our edit of glorious, inspiring houses from Norfolk to Connecticut. Subscribe or ...

November's objects of desire, brought to you by House & Garden's decoration team. This month, Ruth Sleightholme shows us what ...

Before answering that, it's worth looking at lighting generally as it's part of designing a house that is notoriously hard to get right without a designer – hence why we see so many spotlights, strip ...