Originally two stone farmhouses, this beautiful Somerset home blends colourful mid-century design with vintage finds and ...

Before you donate that old sideboard or armchair, check this list – some vintage IKEA pieces are now coveted collectables!

Among the many beautiful homes featured in Jenny Rose-Innes’s new book, The Nature of Decorating, is the dreamy antiques and plant-filled Cotswold home of design legend Cath Kidston. We take a peek ...

We explore the beguiling history behind Victorian insect jewellery and explain how you can buy a piece of your own From brooches and bracelets, to necklaces and rings, sparkling Victorianantique ...

Discover fascinating places and meet interesting, like-minded people on this fully guided exploration of Scotland’s history, culture and landscapes. Over the course of seven days, guests will enjoy a ...

As a teenager I loved 18th-century buildings,’ says Dan Cruickshank, the television presenter and art historian. And he recalls being ‘dazzled’ by London’s Georgian terraces, ‘particularly those ...

‘Buttons sort of grow on you,’ says Maureen Needham, a button collector and member of The British Button Society. ‘I started with a shoe box, then I filled that, so I moved to a boot box, and now I ...

A true ‘Cockney’, it is said, is someone who was born within the sound of the bells of St Mary-leBow church in east London. If a factory can be called a Cockney, then the Bow Porcelain Factory ...

Originally created to embellish landscaped grounds surrounding royal palaces and chateaux, parterres have remained one of the most enduring of all garden styles. The individual elements of a ...

We all know that horrible sinking feeling when your favourite bowl or mug hits the floor. The crack of ceramic on tile is one we all dread. But what if there were a way of repairing broken ceramic and ...

A skilfully painted nesting bird in jewel colours perches daintily on a tree, surrounded by dark purple bell-shaped flowers that glitter with inlaid mother-of-pearl shards. This beautiful design ...

Made for show rather than practicality, mercury glass, ‘poor man’s silver’, or silvered glass as it is more accurately termed, usually has nothing to do with mercury, and varies in quality from ...