How To

Sparkling blue pools are wonderfully enticing – but they don’t happen by accident. Here’s our guide to weekly, monthly and annual pool maintenance.

A wood-burning stove is a sound investment for your home. If used to replace an older-style open fire it has the potential to reduce your house’s carbon footprint by at least 14% and will make the most of wood’s environmentally neutral and renewable energy.

A home office doesn’t have to be a serious space, even if the work you do there is. Follow our tips for a well-organised and stylish area that you enjoy spending time in.

Gone are the days when lighting was understood only as task lighting and used just to illuminate a room. Nowadays more and more people are using ambient lighting, which can dramatically change the mood of a space.

An integral piece to any living room, a coffee table is not only a functional furniture item, but adds to the aesthetic of the space too.

Know your Agapanthus from your Amaryllis, or Dahlias from Delphiniums? These flowers will contribute towards a breathtaking summer garden.

If you’re still deciding whether to choose a muted or bold colour for your bedroom walls, take a look at our definitive guide to bedroom colour.

If you haven’t already noticed, sage green has been popping up everywhere. From kitchen appliances to sofas and walls, this energising colour has been dubbed the “new neutral”. We show you how to incorporate it into your home.

Two gardening experts share their favourite hardy indoor houseplants and plant varieties.

With the holidays feeling like they’ve dashed by, it’s time to get stuck into 2019, and for us the excitement of a new year brings along the perfect opportunity to breathe new life into our living spaces.

While the idea of a loft room may be attractive, the reality is that these spaces are often awkwardly shaped, with challenging dimensions. Here’s how to work around these potential stumbling blocks.

Cultivate your family’s interest in gardening with these cool holiday garden-focused activities.

Bored of the coffee table look you’ve had for the past few years? We share coffee table-styling tips from the pros.

Today’s home bars are usually envisaged as the heart of the entertainment area – which means they’re high on design and style. Here’s how to make sure yours matches the trend.

The holidays bring along the best of times with family and friends visiting. For many of us, preparing the guest room (or spare room) is as exciting as hosting friends and family.