The English Home

The English Home brings you seasonal British design and lifestyle throughout the year. Every issue includes quintessentially British kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms and living rooms, with useful advice from leading interior designers and architects on how to achieve classic, elegant style.

A letter from home

The English Home

Where the HEART IS • When designer Harriet Anstruther peeled back the layers of her historic West Sussex house and let it speak for itself, she created a unique country retreat brimming with personality

Gardening for THE SOUL • Once completely overgrown, this rose-filled, one-acre plot has been a form of therapy for owner Michelle Thomas, who has poured love and creativity into every corner

Sense of BALANCE • Interior designer Emma Sims-Hilditch has harmoniously combined old and new to in her 18th-century former schoolhouse

Picture perfect • Garden photographer Mark Bolton has created a living outdoor studio that is filled with colour, charm and timeless beauty

Full HOUSE • Will Le Clerc, chief people officer at Liberty, has used his talent for unearthing and arranging beautiful things to decorate his Kent cottage

RETURN OF THE NATIVE • Delighted to be back in England, renowned US-based interior designer Kathryn Ireland gives a first-hand account of renovating a special client’s Cotswolds home

Abundant beauty • Topiary, overflowing borders rich in colourful blooms, a converted shepherd’s hut and a characterful shed combine to create a dreamy quintessential cottage garden

Coastal HIDEAWAY • Influences from home and across the world converge in a noted interior designer’s cosy seaside bolthole in North Devon

EMBRACING HISTORY • A sensitive renovation has transformed this former coaching inn with a long and varied existence into a charming country home

A cascade of colour • Perennial plant enthusiasts Neil and Margaret Holding have transformed their Cheshire garden to create a spectacular summer display and a haven for wildlife, attracting visitors and raising money for charity in the process

GOOD CATCH • Now far from its once-neglected state, this Grade II listed cottage with a rich history has been transformed into a characterful coastal retreat

PURE & SIMPLE • Organic materials paired with a calming palette bring a sense of understated elegance to this early-18th-century stone house in Rutland

Garden ROOMS • One creative couple began transforming a former field into a romantic English garden on their honeymoon – and have not stopped since

CORE COTTAGE • What gives a cottage garden its unmistakable style? Rustic features, quaint finishing touches and star plants all play their part. Here are the key ingredients to create this quintessential English look

Writers in residence • From Thomas Hardy’s Dorset to Wordsworth’s Lake District, the English countryside is inextricably linked to our literary heritage, as are the homes with which each writer had a connection

LIVE THE DREAM • Escape to a quintessential English cottage for a holiday to remember and enjoy the ultimate idyllic life... if only for a short while

FAIRYTALE ENDING • Daydream of this idyllic, perfect cottage