1700 cottage interior

Francesca Gentilli spends her working life sourcing the best fabrics and textiles from India, Turkey, Morocco, Uzbekistan and beyond, and her own house is the best showcase of her finds

When Australian Sonja Bergin and her Irish husband Kevin decided to settle down, they chose this attractive thatched cottage in his homeland

Armed with an extensive “undo” list, a New Jersey couple restored their 1700s home to its happily humble roots. And it sure is quaint.

The weather has turned now & Summer is a distant memory. We have had a wet week here in Lincolnshire & have spent some beautiful days inside baking & doing crafts. ~ I have a love of old pieces of furniture. This is the hand carved top of a wall cupboard in our parlour dated 1640. I would love to know the journey these pieces have taken. ~ Dried Honesty from the garden. ~ This is the only original window we have left in the cottage with some of the old hand blown glass in it. It is hard to…

When interior designer Harriet Anstruther took possession of her run-down Sussex farmhouse, she put her eclectic mark on it, while keeping its original features...