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Christmas Comes but Several Times a Year!
Working on a magazine sometimes has its peculiarities. Country Living is generally produced about four months ahead of hitting the shelves. So our current issue, May, filled with spring colour and...
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Hidden treasure
Upstairs at Molly’sAs a devotee of vintage homeware and furniture – particularly 1950s and 60s ceramics and chairs – I am always on the lookout for new places to pick up treasures, always scouting for...
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Nesting instincts
After reading yesterday’s piece on the CL blog about International Dawn Chorus Day, illustrated with a wonderful picture of a robin perched on a washing line, I was thrilled to find,...
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Kitchen Table Talent at The Hay Festival
From left: Anna Briscoe of Whole in the Middle; Zara Day of Rosemary Rose;Paula Steer of Pure Devon Wool; Freya Barton of The English Cloth Company, Kirsty Morgan and Abi Partridge of Makeve The sun...
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Home from the High Street
Part of my job as Home Design Editor for the magazine is to trawl round the shops seeking out the perfect pieces to borrow and photograph for the decorating stories. Perhaps a lovely striped deckchair...
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Join the wool pack
Photograph by Ben Anders As you might have noticed from our November issue, wool is a firm favourite here at CL – and, of course, never more so than when the temperature starts to drop. Our inspiring...
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Full of festive cheer
Photograph by Brent Darby Photograph by Brent Darby Pick up perfect handcrafted presents for friends and family while also supporting independent designer-makers at our pick of...
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Christmas presence
This weekend, the brightly bedecked trees that have twinkled away so cheerily and filled our homes with their wonderful fragrance over the past few weeks will be coming down, along with assorted...
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Best Buys from the High Street
George Home Last year both Marks & Spencer and John Lewis produced some particularly stylish homeware collections. As well as their useful basics and staples, the extensive ranges were based around...
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Welsh wonders!
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus or Happy St David’s Day! The feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, is observed each year with an exuberant celebration of Welsh culture and heritage, so what...
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