Homes & Gardens

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The efficiency and functionality of a home are two of the essential things that architects must consider when planning and designing a space. With the busy lives we all lead, a house needs to work hard for its occupants, but the projects that often l

Graham and Green is celebrating its 50th birthday this year. Antonia Graham first opened the shop in an old dairy in Notting Hill in the 1970s. Today, her son Jamie – who slept under the counter in a handmade basket as a baby – runs the business with

‘WE love to bring nature into living spaces to infuse soul and authenticity – to transport people on a sensory journey,’ says Louis Chagnaud, co-founder of furniture brand Heaps & Woods. It follows, then, that tactile, natural materials take centre s

Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens (1) near Penzance, Cornwall, is a unique year-round destination with a dramatic landscape that perfectly balances artistry and botanical splendour. Thanks to the region’s favourable microclimate, you’ll encounter flouris

THE naming of plants is a fascinating and even enlightening subject, it seems to reflect our eternal conversation with the natural world and the plants we cherish. Down through the ages plant names have been based on folklore, healing properties, loc

IT IS everywhere you look. Simple, complex, inviting, or eroding. It can evoke much conversation with its dramatic flair, or make you feel empty and lost when something is missing. It offers shelter from the storm, and envelops the lives we create fo

FASHION and interior design were my inspirations when I was younger. My yia-yia (grandmother – we’re part Greek) was a dressmaker for her community, and my mother is an interior designer who likes to collect 19th-century English and French antiques.

SKYLIGHT SCENE In new extensions and larger kitchens, skylights are often used as a way of bringing natural light into the rear of the space, often some distance from the windows of the external walls. Pam Baker, senior designer, Martin Moore, recomm

FOCAL POINT BATH A beautiful freestanding bath in your bedroom can create a sense of luxury and accentuate the role of the space as a relaxing retreat, just like a glamorous boutique hotel room. ‘When you think about incorporating the bath into the d

I NEVER feel more alive than when I’m in South Africa. For perspective and to understand our place on earth, it’s good to be regularly awed by nature and nowhere does that for me like this part of the world. My mother is from Fish Hoek, Cape Town and

1. If I can, I love to have a weekly massage at home; it’s my way of decompressing. It’s oddly unpleasant the first time, but you get addicted to it. 2. I love a coordinated suit in a statement colour; I have a red velvet suit from Wyse, and a lavend