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Complete with collections of Michelin men and four-leaf clovers, Martha Ward's characterful cottage balances beauty and personality to great effect

Interior designer Rachel Allen has put her stamp on one of Spitalfields' coveted Huguenot houses, lightening up dark spaces and adding soft colour through paint and textiles

In this archive story from 2020, interior designer Louise Jones's extended home combines the charm and comfort of English country-cottage style with easy access to the centre of London

Tucked into a leafy corner of south-west London, Tamsin Saunders of design studio Home & Found has transformed a once-neglected cottage into a deeply personal home shaped by instinct, memory and the shifting colours of the garden

Keen to create a house that felt quintessentially English, the owner of this Chelsea cottage called on Sarah Morris from design studio McWhirter Morris to help her realise her dream through a soulful layering of antiques, patterns and colours.

The influencer and actress embarked on an ambitious renovation project to reinstate her house's Victorian bones. The result is a subtle layering of textures and eras

From reinstating period features to selecting art at the Summer Exhibition, this house underwent a major makeover by joyful mother-daughter collaborators

Trailblazer Cath Kidston's pretty florals and stripes were a design phenomenon that brought retro English styleto homes around the world. Now, her delicate way with colour and print is evident throughout her art-filled house in west London

With a brief to devise interiors evoking the decorative style associated with Virginia Woolf and her creative contemporaries, David Bentheim filled this Bloomsbury mansion flat with Arts and Crafts details and early-20th-century antiques for an eclectic feel

Rebeka Russell, the publisher behind Manderley Press, took inspiration from this house's previous owner, the author William Hale White, and his friend William Morris, to create a family home that perfectly balances past and present

A light take on Georgian decorating and a wonderful approach to colour has created a soft, rich feel in this charming London flat

Interior and production designer, Anna Rhodes, has created a charming family house, which she shares with her partner, BAFTA award-winning documentary maker Fred Scott and their son.

By designing the space to incorporate antique pieces and using a neutral, comforting palette throughout, Pandora Taylor ensured this south London home could shift with her clients' needs

In an archive story from 2018, we look back at when two architects bought one of the smallest houses in New York, they transformed the interior, creating a bijou interior with a sense of spaciousness that belies its exterior appearance

Having lived in this house for five years with a less than ideal layout for family life, Louisa Preskett Mobbs and her husband tapped up their friends at Studio Squire to create an interior that respected the house's wonderful heritage while providing space for the family to grow

After trading in Brooklyn's busy sidewalks for tree-lined pathways in suburban Philadelphia, a young family sought to put down roots in their ‘forever’ home during a difficult time – and called upon the interior designer Chauncey Boothby for an elegant, fast-paced refresh

Former House & Garden editor Susan Crewe discusses the trials and triumphs of relocating from the top floors to the bottom of her London house, working with friends and family to make her requirements a reality.

In an archive story from 1996, we look back at Graydon and Cynthia Carter's life with their four children in one of New York's most venerable apartment buildings

On the top floor of a Chelsea building, visitors are rewarded after the many stairs by a colourful interior belonging to Kit Kemp's daughter – and fellow designer – Willow Kemp.

With a dash of English country house charm alongside plenty of French sophistication, the Parisian apartment of decorator Timothy Corrigan is as enviable as they come