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In praise of the humble roller blind and how to do it right

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

Translucent green roller blinds make for a simple window dressing at Virginia White's flat off Hampstead HeathChristopher HorwoodWe've probably all had some kind of unsatisfactory roller blinds in our lives, if we think back over the places we've inhabited. Student rooms, offices and rented houses tend to be rife with the cheap vinyl ‘moisture-resistant’ variety, and this has given the whole style a bad name.
17 refreshing windowless bathroom ideas from the House & Garden archive

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

Windowless bathroom ideas: this tiny space off the hallway in Rita Konig's London house is now a powder room, its walls lined with Antoinette Poisson’s ‘Torrent - PP Rouleau'. Rita even had the ventilation fan papered – ‘I had a brilliant wallpaperer and you can barely spot it now,’ she explains.
A once-derelict medieval chateau in the foothills of the Pyrenees recreated as a stylish holiday home

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

A view from one of the paths around the house, with the newly constructed pool house in the foreground. Paul Massey“I had a few criteria when I started looking for a house in France,” says Adrian Holmes. “I wanted a château, it would need a lot of work doing to it, and it would be in the hills or mountains with a lake or a river on hand.” In all of these requirements, he succeeded, but in none more fully than the second – perhaps even beyond his own expectations.
Why scale is so important in interior design - and why we all get it wrong

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

Alidad has used a large-scale hand-painted pattern on the walls in his London flat, along with a large painting that fills a lot of the space behind the sofa. Simon BrownA quick glance through our dos and don'ts of decorating, in which interior designers offer their principles for good decorating, reveals a few common threads that it seems everyone can agree on. A strong distaste for too much overhead lighting, for one, and an equally firm veto on blindly following trends.
What it's really like to build your own house from scratch

6 days ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Christabel Chubb

Leo Wood and Rupert Scott's house in south LondonELLEN CHRISTINA HANCOCKFor many aspiring homeowners the opportunity to build your own house from scratch is a deeply appealing one. After all, while there is certainly a charm to a house with history, the classic Victorian or Georgian terraces weren't built to suit life today; our needs and tastes have changed in myriad ways since these houses were designed.
An interior designer's Hampstead Heath mansion flat, filled with a lifetime's collection of art

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

An armchair in Anni Albers' 'E' green linen from Christopher Farr Cloth is opposite a 'Temple House' sofa and ‘Tray Top’ table, both from Virginia White Collection. Rose de Borman and Soie de Lune cushions and Seth Cardew bowls add unusual touches. Christopher Horwood'The Edwardians were phenomenal builders,' says the designer Virginia White, surveying the spacious main room of her own flat on the edge of Hampstead Heath.
Anatomy of a Room: a Chelsea townhouse sitting room by Taylor & Turner

1 week ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Thomas Barrie

When the new owners of this Chelsea townhouse came into possession of it, they asked Harriette Cayzer and Anneke Gilkes of Taylor & Turner to soften it and bring out warmth in its interiors. It had been a very contemporary and spare space under the previous owners – beautiful and consciously designed, but not appropriate for the clients, who had a young family and wanted somewhere both to host and entertain, but also in which to escape from the bustle of the outside world.
A Spanish-style 1920s villa in California's Los Feliz neighbourhood

1 week 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.
The drought-tolerant trees we should all be planting

1 week ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Clare Foster

With the expert tree scientist Henrik Sjöman, Arit has written The Essential Tree Selection Guide, which encourages a complete re-evaluation in our changing climate. ‘For so long, we have assessed trees from a purely aesthetic viewpoint, looking at their height, spread and seasonality,’ says Arit.
Where does George Clooney live? Inside the star’s extensive portfolio of houses

1 week ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Thomas Barrie

George and Amal Clooney are perhaps the platonic ideal of a power couple: globetrotting superstars who only work to enhance each other’s spotless reputations, dropping in and out of film premieres and UN conventions alike with but a brief pause now and then to flog a Nespresso machine or two. Naturally, such a lifestyle demands (doesn’t it?) a half-dozen-plus stunning houses around the world, from the lush valleys of Lombardy to the hazy hills above Los Angeles.