Interiors

A fireplace gives a room an attractive focal point, and if you live in an older home you may be lucky enough to have an original.

Our writer, Susan Hubbard, meets two creative Kent sisters who are passionate about design, upholstery skills and saving furniture from landfill!

When Tina Holman took up lampshade-making just a few years ago, she had – quite appropriately – a light bulb moment!

Derek Hall Interiors is a small affordable interior design service based in Sittingbourne and covering Home Counties and London. Whatever level of support you require, Derek can help stimulate new ideas to transform your home.

Need more space but can’t afford to extend? Architect Louise Priestman shows how reconfiguring an existing footprint can be cheaper and quicker.

Orlestone Oak’s new grand flooring range is perfect for large rooms and both period properties and modern alike.

After fire ravaged a beautiful period house in Gravesend last year, joinery specialist Darren Bate was called in to help restore the much-loved family home.

How long has it been since you redid your flooring? A year, five years, ten? Or do you, like many people, still live with the threadbare carpets that were in your house before it was your house, because… well… flooring is such a big job.

Textile designer Nicola James from John Lewis gives her advice on accessorising the living room hero

A comfy, inviting living room is the perfect haven for chilly winter nights. Create your own seasonal retreat with cosy materials, tactile accessories and rich, warm colours.