Published by TI Media Limited Homes & Gardens celebrates the beauty of classic and contemporary style. Real-life homes with stunning photography deliver inspirational decorating while remaining real and relevant. Homes & Gardens is the ultimate sourcebook of beautiful ideas and detailed information, inspiring its readers to become their own interior designers.
Homes & Gardens
EDITOR’S LETTER
OBJECTS OF desıre • Pretty pieces that have caught our editor’s eye
The February Edit • All the latest news, including a look at smart storage pieces, the timeless appeal of the polka dot and savvy high-street collaborations
Connect the dots • Polka dots are being spotted in all the most stylish spaces
In detail: high-street heroes • Noteworthy designer collaborations that are exciting us now
Movers & Shakers • Alvaro Picardo turns plain lampshades into works of art – and their colours and individuality illuminate every interior they grace
Store & Order • Thirty pieces that prove storage can be pretty and practical
Rising stars • We’ve been spotlighting the winners of our Next in Design initiative which champions fresh talent and diverse perspectives – this month, the three designers we’re introducing discuss their creative approach to design
MAKING BEAUTIFUL SPACES FOR JOYFUL LIVING • Rich burgundy is gracing the most inviting spaces, checks and murals are bringing character, how to layer colour and pattern, plus a children’s room special and more
KEEP IN check • From classic ginghams to modern plaids, there’s a checked design to suit any aesthetic – use centre stage for impact or as a subtle supporting print
WALLS THAT TALK • This month, our glossary focuses on the muralists turning walls and other surfaces into decorative features that tell a story
THE ART OF LAYERING • Interior designer Stella Weatherall shares how she crafts layered schemes that embrace you like a warm hug
YOUNG AT HEART • The most successful children’s rooms are those that artfully balance colour, pattern and whimsical elements with all the practical requirements
RUSSELL SAGE • The British designer creates rooms that feel deeply lived-in, storied and irresistibly inviting
INSPIRATIONAL INTERIORS FILLED WITH CREATIVITY • Each home featured in this issue, whether pared-back or bold and bright, has charisma, timeless style and ideas you’ll want to emulate
LIFE & SOUL • Pattern, colour, art, curios – this Chelsea home designed by Salvesen Graham has all these decorative details and exudes a sense of narrative because of this rich mix
Age of ENLIGHTENMENT • Once two apartments, this Georgian home in London has been brought back to its former glory – and the elegant and light-filled interiors created by designer Christian Bense honour the past and the present
A creative accord • For this Notting Hill flat, Sarah Southwell – one of our Next in Design rising stars – knew just how to combine the owner’s Swiss and British roots to create schemes that welcome you in effortlessly
AHEAD OF THE CURVE • The architect and designer Nancy Gouldstone utilised arched forms and rounded furnishings to ensure every inch of this Chelsea mews house is both beautiful and functional
LAYERS OF ART, ITALIAN GLASSWARE & ARTEFACTS FROM INDIA ALL CONVERGE PERFECTLY HERE • Home to Ananth Ramaswamy, one of our Next in Design stars, this eclectic London apartment is testament to how diverging styles can form a coherent whole
Tailored to SUIT • Evidence of a very fashionable and well-lived life is writ large in the apartment that New Yorker and man about town Robert Rufino calls home
OUTSIDE INTERESTS IN ALL FORMS • This month we take a tour of Littlethorpe...