Farmhouses

Having lighted on his ideal house in the wild Devon countryside, Tom Cox of HÁM Interiors set about making it into a warm and welcoming place to get away, filled with the distinctive art and antiques he has grown up with

With a clear colour palette lifted by occasional pattern and an eclectic mix of furniture, interior designer Victoria Gray has created a Cotswold retreat for her family that marries rustic charm with minimalism, and transcends modern trends

Since arriving just in time for Christmas two years ago, Jeremy Langmead and Simon Rayner have transformed their 17th-century Cumbrian farmhouse into an inviting rural bolthole, which strikes the perfect balance between artful restraint and festive cheer

Creating a rustic retreat from her busy Madrid design practice, Belén Domecq has used natural materials, traditional textures and a palette of sandy and ochre tones to evoke a sense of the surrounding landscape

Keen to take a creative approach to the renovation of their Gloucestershire farmhouse, its owners commissioned award-winning architect Alison Brooks to radically reimagine the internal space of the late-Georgian main house and an unappealing extension

It was the red clay roof tiles of this former agricultural building on a Wiltshire farm that provided interiors consultant and antique dealer Thea Speke with the inspiration for its calm, warm palette. Furnished with rustic pieces and vintage European furniture that she has sourced, it is now a welcoming home

When a client bought this beautifully situated Gloucestershire farmhouse, interior designer Lucy Cunningham applied a light decorating touch to make the most of its splendid 17th-century bones

Designer James Huniford has breathed new life into this 18th-century farmstead in rural Connecticut, sensitively rearranging and restoring its period interiors to create a restful retreat for a Manhattan-based family

Leaving his lovingly restored Georgian house in Whitechapel behind, Tim Whittaker has turned his hand to a 17th-century farmhouse originally built by his ancestors, filling the beautifully preserved interiors with a remarkable collection of antiques

Having seen the potential of a rundown Cotswold farmhouse with outbuildings, Catherine Chichester has devoted years to their restoration, drawing inspiration from their original features and introducing elements from her Belgian heritage

Geetie and Guy Singh-Watson place sustainability and ethics at the heart of everything they do, from the carefully sourced food served at their pub in Totnes to the collective of independent businesses run from their Devon farm

In an extract from Coming Home to Nature: The French Art of Countryfication, meet a couple who upped sticks and moved to the French countryside

Since he was a child, Russell Pinch’s family has been restoring a sleepy hamlet in western France. Now he and his wife Oona Bannon have transformed the last building, an old cowshed, into a holiday house filled with their elegant furniture

It took the owners years to find this stone farmhouse in Tuscany and even longer to get permission for the renovation that they had in mind – but it was certainly worth the wait

Photographer Joanna Vestey and her family's farm in Oxfordshire now reflects their passions for environmental issues, entertaining and travel.

As the pandemic hit the architect John Pawson and his wife Catherine moved to their newly converted farm in the Cotswolds with their sons. Fifteen months later they are all still there, and a new book 'Home Farm Cooking' documents their first year in rural England

Despite its location in the "icebox of Connecticut', the owners of this eighteenth-century farmhouse have restored it as a cosy weekend retreat, in keeping with its historic character but with an injection of modern colour 

Samantha Todhunter had already transformed their London house, so when the owners of
this 16th-century Dorset farmhouse asked her to take on its refurbishment, their harmonious working relationship led to impeccable results.

In an extract from 'Life's A Beach', a book celebrating seaside homes around the world, we take a look at an airy, characterful finca in Ibiza

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...