House Beautiful UK

House Beautiful is your one-stop shop for classic decorating looks, with regular and comprehensive colour-scheming pages and a wide range of shopping suggestions for those special details that make a difference. With real reader homes from around the UK - ranging from comfortable country style to the chic city look – House Beautiful provides inspiration and practical advice whatever your decorating tastes. Plus, expert advice on everything from choosing the right mortgage to finding your perfect property.

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New romantics • Soft but not too sweet, Anthropologie’s summer collection teams fresh, brocante-inspired florals and a blush palette with sculpted pieces that buzz with mid-century cool – such as this swirling burl wood coffee table. It’s all about showing off a modern edge without forgetting your home’s tender heart.

Your style guide • The latest updates, shopping and trends for your interiors

Plank Hardware x Good Bones • Leanne Kilroy, founder of interior design studio and Instagram favourite @goodboneslondon, shares how lighting can be the jewellery of the home

Green light • Bring the outdoors in with our dopamine-boosting botanical edit

Styling for summer comfort • Africa Daley-Clarke shares how practical choices can make homes feel calmer, cooler and more attuned to summer living

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Saltmoore • Soft greens, warm woods and an abundance of botanical references come together in this hotel that’s tucked between sea and moorland

Hallway looks • Make an entrance with consoles, mirrors and accessories that set the tone for your space

Meet the winners • Introducing the content creators, DIYers, serial renovators and decorating obsessives proving that great design begins at home

BEST RENOVATOR • CLAUDINE EDWARDS @claudzgaff

BEST ‘LUXE FOR LESS’ STYLE • Interior designer Kelly Hoppen CBE, the undisputed queen of sophisticated, quietly luxurious interiors, singled out Ian Hippolyte’s beautifully curated London home, which he pulled together with classic high-street buys

BEST RENTER-FRIENDLY STYLE • TERI MUNCEY @thelovelydrawer

BEST COLOURFUL INTERIORS • MEGAN MCCLUSKIE @home_folke

BEST SENSORY HOME • Designer and entrepreneur Abigail Ahern chose Callieanne Jayne Major’s Victorian house as a space that soothes and serves the senses. With its powerful textural details and strong nostalgic feel, we can completely see why

BEST VINTAGE FINDS • JESSIE CUTTS @townley_terrace

BEST DIY ENTHUSIAST • DANIEL MATTHEWS @a.modest.semi

BEST ARTISAN • Channel 4’s The Great Pottery Throw Down judge and ceramicist Richard Miller knows the trials and triumphs of working with your hands. He has awarded the best artisan prize to Beam Irwin who began hand-shaping her Blooms by Beam paper flowers in lockdown

BEST NEUTRAL INTERIOR • REBECCA LAWSON @malmo_and_moss

BEST DESIGN ADVICE • FLOSSIE HUGHES @flxssie

MOST PERSONALITY-PACKED HOME • We tasked Roisin Quinn (below left), champion of maximalist decorating and Interior Design Masters winner, with choosing a home that’s full of verve and personality. She named Elise Dodds, whose home embodies the idea of dopamine decor

BEST SHELFIE • BRIDGET THOMPSON & KHARI CLARKE @sucasa.studio_

BEST GARDEN MAKEOVER • DAN COX @thehitchcockhouse

BEST SMALL SPACE • LUCY HAYES @lucyhayes37_

BEST TABLESCAPE • JUSTIN COAKLEY @design_at_nineteen

BEST INTERIORS CONTENT CREATOR • DIY aficionado Medina Grillo (below left) has mastered the art of curating the perfect Instagram account. Now, she’s chosen Lydia Dinga of @lydiadingahome as the...