25 Beautiful Homes

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25 Beautiful Homes is a magazine for readers with a sense of personal style. Aspire to your dream house and enjoy looking at other people's homes, designs and styles for inspiration.

25 Beautiful Homes

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Country comes TO TOWN • There is a feeling of elegant modern-country warmth all through Linda Howell’s Arts and Crafts city cottage – and it makes it a wonderful place to live

STYLE inspiration • Linda’s cottage is chic and relaxed and it’s all down to a mix of fresh colours, elegant accessories and welcoming textures

Sizing up • A step up the property ladder gave interior designer Elle Hooper the chance to apply her creative skills to her own project

Refined vision • When a client decided to improve rather than move, designer Michelle Sellers elevated room schemes to suit her needs

SETTING the TONE • Helen and Paul Staples chose a gentle colour palette and soft and soothing textures to create a serene backdrop to their busy life

STRIKE IT LUCKY • Fate stepped in when the buyer of this Victorian terrace pulled out and it became home for Emily Kempe

A QUIET GRANDEUR • This formerly dark and irregular-shaped sitting room has become an effortlessly elegant evening space perfect for hosting guests

COUNTRY pursuit • Paula Costa and David Rushford put their own stamp on this historic former post office with a considered blend of old and new and a calm and neutral palette

On the bright side • When Amelia Harvey found a cottage with an annexe she knew it could be the beginning of an exciting new chapter – and the annexe is now a symphony of colour

A moving PICTURE • In this city apartment, open spaces function in a fluid way for flexible and beautiful living

Memory of home • This fabulous house realised the owner’s dream of living in a farmhouse-style dwelling that would evoke memories of her childhood in Mississippi

RICH PICKINGS • Dark oak cabinetry and surfaces threaded with gold deliver a sophisticated warmth to a room that was once starkly modern

NATURAL beauty • Lara and James Barton’s cottage renovation ensured the rooms inside were every bit as stunning as the views and the mountain setting

STYLE inspiration • Modern country classics mingle with block-printed patterns and joyful colours in Lara and James’s bright and breezy home

BALANCING ACT • Successfully preserving a Grade II*-listed townhouse and adding a contemporary aesthetic took the skill and experience of interior designer Gail Race

PLANNING AHEAD • Downsizing couple Catherine Colston and her husband Alistair challenged themselves to build a striking eco home that would meet their future needs

DOING IT ALL • A multifunctional kitchen makes life easy for this sociable family, while its harmonious mix of materials ensures the welcome is warm

Where east meets west • The transformation of this Victorian terrace by architect and designer Nancy Gouldstone is a celebration of both Japanese simplicity and the home’s original features

Work-life balance • As both a home and an office, this former music school in Holland functions as a space that shows in design anything is possible

MAXIMUM IMPACT • Compact dimensions didn’t prevent designer Celine Da Silva from giving her bathroom a statement makeover

Coastal horizon • Interior designer Kate Aslangul’s inspiration for this bright and breezy holiday apartment in the South of France was sun, sea and sky

Golden opportunity • Sarah Baker’s home may be an Edwardian terrace but she still looked to her Spanish heritage to bring a sunny palette to the period property

FLYING COLOURS • Determined to make their new home more interesting than their...