A set of industrial buildings where royal beds were once made is now home to an architect's family and an enviable collection of modern art.

Sculptural candles. By David Nicholls.

The latest reads. By David Nicholls.

Vive la différence - a trip back to Blighty reinforces some home truths.

Caroline McGhie visits a house in Clare Suffolk that became a discreet gathering place for a family in the national spotlight.

The best homeware that money can buy for not much money at all.

Kelly Hoppen has opted for shabby chic in her approach to a familyfriendly development in Gloucestershire.

A new website could soon replace traditional estate agents.

Wallmounted shower heads to give your bathroom extra style.

Tennis courts are a raquet but does it make economic sense to install one at your home?

Barn conversions.

John Winter explains what a CLEUD is.

The designer and foodie Sophie Conran has created an impeccably tasteful home for her young family.

Firsttimers are still able to get into the property market - by partbuying.

As a class war breaks out in Kent over the renaming of Church Road as Church Lane Christopher Howse examines the snobberies attached to certain place names.

We're looking for... A familyfriendly garden.

Preventing limescale house insurance and solar thermal panels.

Period features high ceilings and spacious grounds make these imposing residences the ideal family home.

Churches ripe for conversion are in demand in Italy.

It was when a conservationist found a teaspoon of bat dung in the barn that the nightmare began.