House & Garden (UK)

1 day ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Virginia Clark

That old fashion chestnut ‘blue and green should never be seen’ is firmly, we feel, one to be ignored. It's a colour combination that comes up again and again in the rooms on our pages, and has had a particular burst of popularity of late. Specifically, we're seeing a wave of beautiful spaces painted in sky blues with rich green accents, which feels like a fresh, contemporary look that won't go out of style in a hurry.

2 days ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Joy Archer

Use our guide to choose the best mattress for back pain in 2025Jake CurtisWaking up feeling stiff, sore, or like you've aged a decade overnight? You’re not alone. Back pain is one of the most common sleep-related complaints and your mattress could be the culprit. While we're yet to find a single cure-all, the wisdom from industry insiders and sleep experts is that a mattress on the firmer side can soothe a temperamental back.

3 days ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Virginia Clark

Miles WillisCoombe End Manor has all the ingredients of the quintessential Cotswold house – the golden stone, the mullioned windows, the warren of staircases and rooms that makes everything feel like an exciting discovery, and of course the sprawling grounds complete with streams, ponds and woods.

3 days ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Clare Foster

The walled garden at KneppANDREW MONTGOMERYThroughout history, gardens have been created to impose order on nature. Rows of carefully tended vegetables, neatly manicured lawns and impressive herbaceous borders with serried ranks of ornamental flowers have long been the pride of British gardens. But now, as a response to climate change, we are seeing a tendency towards a much more relaxed, nature-led approach which means we have to adjust our eye to a different, not so neat-and-tidy aesthetic.

3 days ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Fiona McKenzie Johnston

Features walls don't need to be ‘naff’, they can be fresh and vibrant as this Studio Duggan example provesSarah GriggsDear Fiona,I know - I know - that everybody hates feature walls; but are they really so awful? Is there a way that they can be done well? Might they come back in fashion, the way that everything inevitably does?