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1 week ago | 
houseandgarden.co.uk | Arabella Bowes
We've selected the best Father's Day gifts for foodie dads in 2025. Sarah HoganNo matter how old your dad is and what his specific interests are, we’d hazard a guess that a food-themed gift will hit the mark on Father’s Day. An edible or potable present is a fail-safe gift idea for an epicurean dad; it doesn’t clutter up the house and, if he’s in a sharing mood, it satisfies the whole family.
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1 week ago | 
houseandgarden.co.uk | Arabella Bowes
Patrick O'Donnell has warmed up the bathroom in his Worcestershire house with the discontinued Farrow & Ball wallpaper pattern ‘Orleans Stripe,’ with a ‘Pearl’ border from Adelphi Paper Hangings running round the top. Chris HorwoodCornicing, coving and ceiling mouldings have existed in one form or another since Ancient Greece. They bring symmetry to our spaces, creating much needed balance and drawing the eye upwards.
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2 weeks ago | 
houseandgarden.co.uk | Arabella Bowes
Steel-framed windows by MHB complement the restored brick and stone façade. Michael SinclairThere is a unifying factor to so many of the projects taken on by architects David Liddicoat and Sophie Goldhill. It is not a particular type of building or setting (the husband-and-wife duo have worked on everything from a Kent barn to London townhouses): what attracts them is a challenge.
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4 weeks ago | 
houseandgarden.co.uk | Arabella Bowes
Most recently, the house had undergone what Martha describes as '80s-ification'. 'It was almost what people think of as contemporary Italian,' she explains, 'all white porcelain and swoopy plumbing fixtures.'Unlike the U.K., historic homes aren’t afforded special protections in California. In fact, Martha had to deal with the opposite challenge.
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1 month ago | 
houseandgarden.co.uk | Arabella Bowes
Here at House & Garden we have had the great fortune of snooping around many of these brilliant houses, so what lessons have we learnt? Well, whilst all these spaces are distinct from one another, there is a thread that runs through them all: a common philosophy that each of them abide by.
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1 month ago | 
houseandgarden.co.uk | Arabella Bowes
With every new season comes the desire to refresh our houses and gardens, and no season has this effect more than spring. The recent good weather has us wanting to transform our outdoor areas, whether they be small balconies or sizeable country gardens, so we've been on the look out for inspiration on just how to improve these spaces. That inspiration has come in the form of stripes.
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1 month ago | 
houseandgarden.co.uk | Arabella Bowes
The best garden parasols to buy, at a glance:Don't have time to read our full guide to the best parasols? No problem. We've rounded up the very best below.
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1 month ago | 
houseandgarden.co.uk | Arabella Bowes
The stretch of coastline by Chichester Harbour is some of Britain's best. Here, sand dunes heap haphazardly, surrendering to the wind's whims, and fiercely blue waters roll under a big sky. There's little wonder then, that the area's sea-facing plots are coveted and rare–and when one came on the market, Isabella Worsley's client jumped at the chance to buy it. The client was someone Isabella had worked with previously, on a small but perfectly formed mews house in Brighton.
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1 month ago | 
houseandgarden.co.uk | Arabella Bowes
Marks and Spencer might be best known for their Percy Pigs, ‘Dine In’ meals and Colin the Caterpillar cakes, but it's their womenswear and homeware that's piqued our interest in recent seasons. With buyers moving over from top positions at The White Company and Topshop, there's little surprise that their offering has garnered such a cult following. Top of our wishlist is their bedding, and the range spans from frilly, embroidered sets to crisp, clean-lined linens.
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1 month ago | 
houseandgarden.co.uk | Arabella Bowes
In an archive story from 2011, designer Emma Burns' straightforward approach, in a Kensington mansion block, has resulted in a chic and supremely liveable flat. At the front of the flat, overlooking the square, is the main living space - originally a dining room and separate drawing room that had been clumsily converted into one, with a low and narrow opening between the two halves.
