From Satanic figures running through Austrian streets to the Japanese craze for KFC, here are some lesser-known Christmas ...

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 ...

Christmas decorations in need of a little pizzazz? Try the humble paper chain – they’re easy to make at home and the perfect ...

Family houses carry traces of the lives lived before. Living in them means learning how to adapt, reuse and inhabit those ...

From fridge and oven conundrums to last-minute vegan recipes and easy puddings, the experts have everything covered in this ...

We're getting ahead of the curve and scouting out the very best early discounts on sofas ahead of the Boxing Day sales ...

Christmas is a time when we all throw ourselves into the decoration of our houses with gusto… just as it should be, says ...

We have asked seasoned hosts for their top tips to help make the experience as seamless and stress-free as possible ...

Walking along a street of unassuming Victorian terrace houses, it is very easy to imagine that the interiors are as uniform as the exteriors. It never pays to make assumptions, though, and on this ...

When interior designer Anna Haines first visited this house in north Norfolk, it was not the coherent home it is today. In fact, it was two separate 18th-century brick and flint cottages, staggered ...

Richard E Grant's house in Richmond is filled with an abundance of treasures that the actor acquired with his late wife Joan - antiques, artefacts, paintings, books, dolls and the odd souvenir from ...

Double doors, which were already in place, divide the sitting room from the study, which features built-in shelves that have been painted in Dulux’s ‘Ruby Fountain 2 Red Gloss’ – one of Honor’s ...