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    Enter To Win £1,000 In Our Reader Homes Awards
    For the fourth year running, Ideal Home is on the hunt for the UK’s best homes and gardens – and we want to hear from you! We know that our readers have the most gorgeous homes, so if you think yours might inspire others, enter our Reader Homes Award
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    Garden Glow-ups
    Use tealight holders or thrifted teacups to make pretty place markers. Fill each one with moist sphagnum moss, then poke in flower stems. Either pick some blooms from the garden or use a few stems from a bouquet. Swap fresh stems for dried to create
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    Wood Flooring
    To wood or not to wood… that is the question. With so much choice available, it can be hard to know what to choose, from both a design perspective and a practicality viewpoint. Wood and wood-style flooring are a great option for adding warmth and nat
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    Breathing SPACE
    Katherine Clark, an interior designer (maison-etoile.co.uk), lives here with her husband Dan and their two children, aged eight and six. A six-bedroom converted Dutch barn near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk The entrance hall at one end of the barn leads
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    ‘The New Way Of Mixing Old With New…’
    As soon as we encountered the latest micro trend, which with its cosy nostalgic aesthetic has all the makings of a goodie, we fell seriously in love. Faintly ridiculous name? Check. Style essentials evolving from a previous trend? Check. A fresh twis
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    How To Build An Extension
    Before work even begins on building an extension, there are lots of decisions and details that you will need to pin down. Starting a project off on the right foot will help pave the way for a successful build. You do, after all, want to transform you
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    Upcycle Project Pinboard
    ● Pins ● Tape measure ● Cork pinboard ● Washi tape ● White acrylic paint ● Paintbrush Use pins to mark a line widthways across the board’s centre. Stick a piece of tape from the bottom left corner up to the centre line. Add a second piece of tape fro
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    Pattern CLASH
    Start with a hero pattern and choose one shade from it to be the anchor colour. This shade can then be repeated within fabrics, soft furnishings and accessories, linking the room scheme together. Keep the colour palette tight; adding just three to fi
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    Happy Home
    My 14 year-old twins call me the crazy plant lady, and although my houseplant collection has reduced a little since its peak a few years ago (when they went around the house to do a tally, they counted over 40!), I’ve still got plants in every single
    Ideal Home4 min readArchitecture
    A CLEAR winner
    Marina Calland, an events organiser, lives here with her husband Tim, a barrister, and their two children, Lyova, 15, and Sasha, 12, plus Marina’s mum, Tetiana. A five-bedroom Edwardian terraced house in southwest London. Marina and Tim had lived in
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    Peach
    Designers and stylists share their views ‘Brimming with warmth and complexity, peach takes on different characteristics depending on the light, so bear this in mind when selecting your perfect shade. If you’re wary of peach creating an excessive ‘su
    Ideal Home1 min read
    Trending On… IDEALHOME.CO.UK
    They come in all shapes and sizes so they can be designed to suit your home and personality. But before you buy, you’ll need to first think about what you’ll use your island for. Will it be a spot for extra prep? Do you plan to turn it into the infor
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    Weekend Decorator
    Is there anything better than a collection of flowers sitting pretty on a cabinet or windowsill? Plant flowers in small pots and add stems to vases, then place them next to each other for a pretty floristry arrangement. Think about using different ve
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    Garden Furniture
    ■ If you’re looking for durability, you’ll want to invest in hardwearing and weather-resistant teak wood, but you will pay more for the longevity teak offers. However, if affordability is an important factor, then acacia and eucalyptus are viable alt
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    "I CALL MY STYLE modern rustic"
    Furniture restorer Alice Lancastle lives here with her husband, Rob, who works in finance, and their three children, Rufus, seven, Woody, five, and Heathley, three. A five-bedroom 280-year-old farmhouse nestled in the Somerset countryside. ‘I live by
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    One Small Step
    New to eco paint brand Earthborn this month is a capsule collection of paints for interior walls and woodwork. The five new shades – including a rich blue, a pale calico, a deep aquamarine and two pretty new pinks – tick off the latest colour trends
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    Pillows
    ■ Front sleepers will need a soft, thin pillow that doesn’t lift their head too far from the bed. Side sleepers are best served by a thicker pillow – or two thinner pillows – that lift their head enough to keep their spine and neck in alignment. Back
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    Hanging Centrepiece
    I’m a sucker for houseplants and love to see new ways of displaying them. This is such a clever idea – a ladder-style rail, fixed to the ceiling over a dining table, adorned with a lush mix of hanging plants. What’s not to love? ■
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    Glazing Choices
    There’s so much more than just aesthetics to think about when choosing types of glazing for your home. With energy costs on the rise, thermal performance will be a key factor in your window decision, too. When it comes to replacing your windows, ther
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    Ideal Home’s Ultimate Kitchen Edit 2024
    HEATHER YOUNG EDITOR-IN-CHIEFGINEVRA BENEDETTI DEPUTY EDITORHOLLY COCKBURN CONTENT EDITORMOLLY CLEARY ECOMMERCE EDITOR Handmade Shaker ‘With its chic looks and brilliant use of colour, this gorgeous kitchen is the ideal family space.’ HEATHER YOUNG
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    Money Matters
    If you’re thinking of changing your car, it may make sense to go for an electric or hybrid vehicle (which uses a combination of petrol and an electric motor). After all, they work out cheaper to run than a petrol or diesel car – as long as you do mos
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    IDEAL IDEA Instant refresh
    One of the easiest ways to give a room a quick update is to swap in new cushions. They don’t have to cost the earth – head to H&M Home, Dunelm and George Home for inexpensive cushion covers in a wide range of colours and patterns to perk up your spac
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    A LASTING legacy
    Becky Inshaw, an NHS physical activity consultant, husband Ben, a forensic accountant, and their two-year-old son Maxwell. A five-bedroom detached Victorian house in Bearwood, West Midlands. It was previously Becky’s nan’s three-bed home. Off the ha
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    New & Now
    Shades of peach and terracotta have stolen the limelight, warming us up to the idea of using them as neutrals. Neighbours on the colour wheel and sharing the same base colour, these tones create a harmonious pairing. Surprisingly easy to use, peach a
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    Age Of Elegance
    Amanda Malone lives here with her husband John and their children Lilly, 18, and Charlie, 15. A bathroom refit in a five-bedroom 1920s semi-detached house in Gateshead, Tyne & Wear. A leaky roof had damaged the ceiling and the old panelling had spli
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    Hometruths
    The TV presenter, author and podcaster, 54, lives in west London with her husband Nick Feeney, 51, and daughter Amy, 17 WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU DO WHEN YOU GET HOME? Take my shoes off and put them away. I have an old medicine drawer cabinet in
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    Tidy House Tidy Mind
    Out of sight, out of mind, right? That’s one of the main reasons understairs cupboards across the country are full to the brim with stuff. From winter coats to cleaning products and vacuum cleaners, they’re often a dumping ground for the practical it
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    A Luxe Look For Less
    Karen and Phillip Moseley live here with their children Evie, nine, and Sonny, six. Turning two rooms into an open-plan space leading onto a utility area in their Nottingham home. £32,000 (including all building work, kitchen and appliances) The exi
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    Life Admin
    With the sun shining, now’s the best time of year to show your shed a little TLC and assess how weatherproof it is. Start by checking the roof felt. Over time, roof tacks can loosen or fall out, causing the felt to come away and rip at the edges. If
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    Tech Solutions Touchless Tech
    Fundamentally, when we speak about ‘touchless tech’, this refers to the ability to control an appliance or device without actually swiping a surface or touching buttons. While it’s fair to assume that the rise in this hands-free way of living might b

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