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Upon reflection: How to buy an antique mirror
Amelia Thorpe speaks to the experts from the world of antique mirrors to provide the best advice on brightening up a room.
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The ancient decorative painting technique enjoying a revival 2,000 years after being the talk of Pompeii
The infinite possibilities of decorative painting brought life to villas in Pompeii, Florentine palaces and Charleston in East Sussex. Today, a revival of interest in the artform is once again precipitating a highly distinctive new look in interiors. By Arabella Youens, with photography by Simon Brown.
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Emma Sims-Hilditch: The reinvention of the country house
Interior designer Emma Sims-Hilditch joins the Country Life Podcast.
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What to collect when you're collecting
Some of the nation's top dealers and collectors reveal how they choose their wares, and what they collect themselves.
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The Dos and Don'ts of decorating your house free of inhibitions
London Design Week revealed a more personal approach to creating interiors, with some exciting and distinctive results. Giles Kime takes a look.
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How to create a serene, yet hard-working kitchen
Plain English worked with antique dealer Robert Young to make this traditional kitchen with an effortlessly relaxing colour scheme that marries perfectly with the views over beautiful gardens.
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Why kitchens are going green — literally
Green is the perfect colour for a kitchen, says Amelia Thorpe.
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Soaking it up: Five brilliant bathubs
Make a bath an event, with these extraordinary bathrooms and bathtubs selected by Amelia Thorpe.
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Porta Romana distinctive lighting and furniture archive sale
The inspirational brand Porta Romana launch their highly anticipated archive sale, offering a unique opportunity to purchase selected designs online with discounts of up to 70%.
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A glorious Cotswold kitchen lifted to new heights with pitch-perfect colour choices
A clever combination of colours has brought life to this inviting Cotswold kitchen designed by Sims Hilditch. Amelia Thorpe takes a look; photography by Christopher Horwood.
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London's most exotic place to stay, the heartbreakingly beatiful suite in Alec Guinness's favourite old haunt
The Connaught's Mughal-inspired King’s Lodge is intricate, spectacular, and enlessly romantic. Rosie Paterson went to take a look.
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Reader event: Making light work
The secret to any successful interior is an artful balance of decorative and architectural lighting that is not only useful, but also beautiful. Next month, there’s a chance to join Country Life at Hector Finch’s new London showroom to hear three leading designers share the secret of getting it right.
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Six of the best things to look out for at London Design Week 2024
London Design Week 2024 takes place from March 11-15 — and here are some of the best things to look out for, as selected by Amelia Thorpe.
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A glass act: Some of the best garden rooms, greenhouses and orangeries money can buy
Whether as an extension to the home or somewhere to grow difficult plants, Amelia Thorpe has selected builders and designers to get the perfect job done.
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A new garden room built with bronze brings light into this London home
Louise Bradley transformed the rear of her Chelsea home with a calming, pared-back garden room.
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Five shining examples of how to light a country house in exquisite style
The latest lamps and lighting accessories, selected by Amelia Thorpe.
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Everything you could ever want to know about lighting a period home
Careful planning is the secret to illuminating historic spaces, says lighting designer Sally Stephenson of Owl Lighting
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The art of hearth: Beautiful ideas to rejuvenate your fireplace, from £1,250 to £22,000
A great fireplace can lift a room — and, indeed, an entire house. Amelia Thorpe chooses some of the most beautiful available in Britain today.
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The chimneypiece by Sir John Soane that still inspires designers to this day
The reductivist simplicity of a chimney piece designed 200 years ago by Sir John Soane explains the architect’s reputation as a founding father of Modernism.
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Room with a cru — how an 'enduring legacy of lockdown' is the latest must have in interior design
Long gone are the dusty cellars of the past. Now is the time to make the place you store your wine as pleasurable as drinking it.
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A fireplace, a painting and a free-standing shower
The restoration of a bathroom at Ven House in Somerset is sympathetic to its historic roots
