The Homes Collection

Needing a weekend escape from their busy lives and stressful careers in London, designer Caroline Holdaway and her photographer partner, Fatimah Namdar, relish the peace and quiet of their eighteenth-century cottage in the Cotswolds. We revisit this story from 2019.

In this archive story from 2015, we recount how, thirty years on from a life-changing meeting with the man who was to become her husband, the Scottish-born Amelie, Duchesse de Magenta, remained at the helm of the Château de Sully in Burgundy

More than a decade after inheriting their Perthshire estate, James and Caroline Inchyra have realised its full potential, turning this bustling family home into the setting for three thriving business ventures

Rupert and Anna Bradstock weren't planning any home improvements when their seventeenth-century rectory was destroyed by a fire. With help from an interior designer and furniture historian, they rebuilt the much-loved home they lost

Situated on a leafy street in Manhattan's West Village, Jos and Annabel White's six-storey town house has been extended, gutted and completely renovated to create open-plan interiors tailored for family living.

In a double-fronted Georgian town house in Ludlow, designer Caroline Harrowby has used a soft colour palette and elegant furnishings to enhance the classical proportions of once dark interiors

This historic eighteenth-century house enters a new chapter as a family home with careful restoration and renovation, sympathetic interiors by Hugh Henry and gardens that open out to the surrounding woods, streams and coast beyond

Shunning our throwaway culture, interior designer Patrick Williams of Berdoulat Design used salvaged finds and traditional techniques to imaginatively restore his Victorian flat in east London in a sympathetic manner. You can find Patrick's beautiful new house and shop in Bath in our October issue, out now. Download House & Garden on your iPhone, iPad or Android device now or subscribe today

It is a book room with rather more to it than meets the eye. Wanting a place to display her treasured collection, Emma Burns, senior decorator at Sibyl Colefax & John Fowlerhttp://www.sibylcolefaxxc.com/, transformed a converted barn at her country home into a sitting-room-cum-guest-cottage full of hidden surprises and witty details...

The location and exterior of this Sussex farmhouse were enough to persuade Paolo Moschino and Philip Vergeylen to buy it on the spot. Although decorated exquisitely with carefully chosen furniture and objects, it is a far cry from a typical county cottage

After moving from London to Wiltshire, Ed and Polly Nicholson brought this Georgian house to life with eclectic art, antiques and an abundance of flowers from their cutting garden, from which Polly now runs a floristry business

Interior designer Fiona Shelburne's clever mix of contemporary touches and a killer art collection brings freshness to this classic English country-house

This seventeenth-century chalet in the Swiss Alps has been imaginatively modernised by architect Jonathan Tuckey, who has imbued it with comfort and character

A dramatic use of geometric pattern teamed with modern furniture creates a playful yet sophisticated effect in this Notting Hill town house by Suzy Hoodless

Interior designer Peter Mikic redecorated this west-London town house for his clients, stripping back a previous, over-slick modernisation to display the house's considerable original charm

Based in their Brussels family home, Anne-Marie Midy and Jorge Almada - French and Mexican respectively - design modern furniture and accessories that are made using traditional techniques by craftsmen in Mexico for sale through their design company Casamidy.

The PAD art fair co-founder and fourth-generation Parisian art dealer Patrick Perrin has filled his apartment with inherited treasures and modern finds, creating a serene and soigné home in a Saint-Germain building that has been in his family for nearly 100 years.

We revisit our 2002 tour of the fashion and homeware designer Ralph Lauren's Colorado ranch