Georgian

When David Mlinaric was presented with an an ill-served London townhouse, he brought in expert former colleagues and an array of British artisans to reinstate its Georgian character, while transforming it into an elegant family home

The extraordinary story of Faringdon House: the Palladian gem immortalised in Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love. The eccentric Lord Berners, the inspiration for the character Lord Merlin, unexpectedly left the house to the 25 year old writer Sofka Zinovieff. Here we revisit our April 2016 piece on the extraordinary story of this home as the BBC adaptation hits screens

Having left their Sussex smallholding for coastal Dorset, Nick Ivins and Bella Pringle now host events including a pop-up gallery and supper club in their Georgian townhouse, which has proved to be as adaptable as they are

Relocating to a house and farm buildings in rural Hampshire six years ago, the antique dealer and decorator Max Rollitt and his wife, movement therapist Jane Watson, have created a relaxed base for their family and their work. Max Rollitt will be giving an online talk with The Calico Club this Wednesday February 17 at 6pm on how to add character with antiques – get your ticket here

After moving from London to Wiltshire, Ed and Polly Nicholson brought this Georgian house to life with eclectic art, antiques and an abundance of flowers from their cutting garden, from which Polly now runs a floristry business

A dilapidated Georgian house in London's East End was given a new lease of life with historically accurate shades of paint made by owner Pedro da Costa Felgueiras.

In his Georgian, London apartment, Venetian designer Alvise Orsini has been true to his guiding principle that an interior should complement its architecture and its owner's sensibilities

An English country house with bags of charm.

In an extract from his new book, Bold British Design, Emilio Pimentel-Reid, the designer and former decoration editor of Elle Decoration UK, gives a tour of his beautiful Regency flat in Bath

When an old friend bought a beautiful but tired Georgian house in south-west London, interior designer Henri Fitzwilliam-Lay was on hand to help transform it into an inviting family home.

Architect Jonathan Rhind and designer Nicola Harding have helped restore the spirit of an eighteenth-century house in Bath that had been a hotchpotch of student rooms, adding characterful furniture and clever combinations of colour. See Harding & Read's latest house in our June issue, out now. You can download House & Garden on your iPhone, iPad or Android device now or subscribe today to get three issues for just £1

A design-conscious couple has revived an elegant but neglected Georgian house near Bath, using a mostly monochrome palette to complement its original features and classical proportions

Printmaker Cameron Short approaches all of his creative projects with passion and a reverence for the countryside - from his beautiful lino prints depicting rural myths and traditions, to his faithfully restored Georgian home and workshop in west Dorset.

Maria Speake of Retrouvius has restored the spirit of an unattractively extended Georgian farmhouse in the Chilterns by introducing modern and reclaimed industrial elements.

Having taken on the lease of a Georgian parsonage situated in a Dorset village, Ben Pentreath set about furnishing and gently restoring it, making an impact with small, considered changes.