House Beautiful UK

House Beautiful is your one-stop shop for classic decorating looks, with regular and comprehensive colour-scheming pages and a wide range of shopping suggestions for those special details that make a difference. With real reader homes from around the UK - ranging from comfortable country style to the chic city look – House Beautiful provides inspiration and practical advice whatever your decorating tastes. Plus, expert advice on everything from choosing the right mortgage to finding your perfect property.

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IT’S THE LITTLE THINGS • Blates make every ingredient more delicious, which is good news as we enter parsnip and swede season

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Scandi 2.0

Your style guide • The latest updates, shopping and trends for your interiors

Haines Curates • Sustainable fabric company founder Jules Haines debuts a textile collaboration with 11 different designers – from Sophie Harpley to Pomily

The considered home: a guide to buying vintage • Our new columnist, designer Africa Daley-Clarke, reveals how to build a storied feeling in your home, starting with the slow pleasures of secondhand

Tales of the unexpected • Pair hot and cold with this daring colour duo

The Six Bells Countryside Inn • With its countrycore fabrics and whimsical decor, the design of this Upstate New York hotel is a masterclass in modern folk interiors

DECORATE

TIME TRAVELLING INTERIORS • Mid-century modernism emerged 70 years ago, but the aesthetic has never looked anything other than perfectly of-the-moment, We love its clean lines, warm wood tones and organic forms – totally modern, yet suffused with nostalgia

Mid-century modern, made for right now • Sophie Robinson on what made this style so radical on its arrival – and why it looks just as good today

The STYLE edit • Introducing the design trends, new launches and covetable homeware buys that make our hearts skip a beat

BEAUTILITY ROOMS • These covetable, colourful and stylish laundry rooms take William Morris’s famous adage – have nothing in your home that’s not both useful and beautiful – and run with it. Discover 10 dreamy utility spaces that could help you romanticise the most menial of chores

Bedside set-up • When we say ‘get ready for bed’, this is what we mean. Introducing our winning combinations of nightstands, lights and bedding for all kinds of rooms

HOMES

A MOODY TAKE ON VINTAGE • Thanks to an innovative renovation, a tiny two-up two-down cottage has been completely transformed into a wonderfully lofty, open-plan space

HOW TO Get the look • Sally’s deft mix of Victorian antiques and rustic accessories brings a fresh energy to the vintage look

A HERITAGE HOME DESIGNED WITH A LIGHT TOUCH • This Georgian gem was re-energised with a fresh palette and a sympathetic makeover that make the most of its elegant proportions and vintage character

HOW TO Modernise pastel colours • This beautiful home is a canvas for soft shades that feel every bit as current as their bolder counterparts. Here’s how to make them pop

FROM VICTORIAN COTTAGE TO MODERN INDUSTRIAL LUXE • Local stone, acres of glass and Japanese blackened timber have transformed a traditional 19th-century home on the Isle of Purbeck into a smart and stylish family home

HOW TO Get the look • Layer natural materials and contemporary lines to emulate Gemma’s industrial luxe style

‘I THINK WE MIGHT JUST STAY HERE’ • This serial decorator couple built their forever home by creating a joyful space that balances period details, modern comfort and a connection to the creative, eclectic London neighbourhood they love

We’re inspired by… • Shauna brings a...