House & Garden unlocks the door to an array of unique homes and outdoor features, ranging from town houses and converted barns to fabulous modern apartments and island retreats. Outdoor features are equally varied, including cottage gardens, water gardens and chic, city courtyards. House & Garden provides an invaluable sourcebook of ideas, from design and decoration to the best of travel, delicious recipes and fine wine. Britain’s most glamorous, inspiring and influential design and decoration magazine.
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FROM THE EDITOR
Notebook • RUTH SLEIGHTHOLME shows us what has caught her eye this month
DECORATE notebook
Seating plan • RUTH SLEIGHTHOLME elevates a cool canteen aesthetic with her striking selection of the latest dining chair designs
SALT AND PEPPER GRINDERS • ELENA SMINTINA has been through the mills to select designs as stylish as they are functional
Coat Tales • RÉMY MISHON evokes 1920s glamour as she showcases the latest moiré and mohair fabrics
Design ideas Cucina confidential • CHRISTABEL CHUBB looks to the Mediterranean for kitchen inspiration, finding a mixture of colours, textures and finishes that will work anywhere in the world
ADDRESS BOOK : KITCHEN SPECIALISTS
INSIDER • What’s new, what’s happening and what you need to know
INSIDER news
State of Gras
Diary dates
The List • Highlighting directory members in the UK. To become a member of The List, email thelist@condenast.co.uk
Garden Getaways: Suffolk and Essex • Continuing her series, CLARE FOSTER suggests a two-day itinerary of visits that can be combined with a stay at a sympathetically restored 500-year-old coaching inn
INSIDER books
INSIDER art
Next month in House & Garden
MAKING A COMEBACK • As Danish ceramicist Axel Salto is brought back into public view by a new exhibition, CORINNE JULIUS reflects on his career, his distinctive approach and his lasting legacy
PEOPLE • Interesting individuals with fascinating stories
Lifestyle WHEN IN ROME • On opening their Chez Dede lifestyle store in the Italian capital DARIA REINA and ANDREA FEROLLA envisioned not just a business but a world that others could inhabit. Now, with the creation of their Superattico Monserrato flat above the shop, this dream has become a reality
ASH & PLUMB • ELIZABETH METCALFE joins Barnaby Ash and Dru Plumb in the South Downs studio where they make beautiful sculptural vessels from oak offcuts
Bob and Roberta Smith • FIONA McKENZIE JOHNSTON and photographer JOSHUA MONAGHAN visit the Royal Academician known by this pseudonym
stories
A SENSE OF COHESION • This north London mansion flat provided the ideal fresh start for designer Virginia White, who wanted a new home with fewer superfluous rooms but enough wall space to display her extensive art collection
Building on the classics • The interiors of this south London house utterly belie its recent construction, thanks to the detailed approach of both architect Craig Hamilton and interior designer Guy Goodfellow, who have made the 10-year-old newbuild feel grand and imposing – as though it has stood for centuries
LIFE’S WORK • An interior designer can let loose in their own home, in a way they can’t necessarily for a client. The house in Utah that Meta Coleman shares with her artist husband and two children is a perfect example, with interiors that have evolved over 20 years into a unique expression of their love of art and travel, and her American-German upbringing
Made to measure • Design studio Elicyon is known for its ability to incorporate unique elements into elegant interiors – a talent demonstrated by this handsome Grade...