House Design
Your window on the world of House Design, from finding the right plot and pinning down your architectural style, to the ins and outs of planning and building, and the structural features such as windows, doors and staircases
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Design house: Inside the stunning former Bahamas estate of Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII
Sigrist House has gone on the market for $8,500,000...
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Design house: A beautifully converted monastery in southern France
At a long–neglected abbey Lorenzo and Mariarosa Pellicioli have created a welcoming family home with zeal and passion
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Design house: A small, space-saving house in Los Angeles, designed by Stefani Stein
Compact and clever, this quaint home is full of genius ideas for maximising space.
By Jennifer Ebert •
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Interior-designed house with stunning rooftop terrace goes on sale in Notting Hill for £5.95m
See inside this covetable period home with interiors by Mirva Yoshinari...
By Ruth Doherty •
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Design house: This eclectic home in London is a mix of dark and dramatic furnishings
Drawing on their cinematic backgrounds, the homeowners have used a darkly brooding palette and Mid-Century-modern furnishings to create a home rich with melodrama
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Design house: an Upper East Side home in New York, designed by Joan Enger of J. Patryce Design
By Jennifer Ebert •
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Design house: An elegant and handsome 21st-century listed house in London
What began as the renovation of a London home where the owner could display and live with his art collection has become an all-absorbing, exquisite work of art in its own right
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Princess Margaret’s son designs spectacular St James's Park apartments
1 Queen Anne’s Gate in St James’s Park will be the new millionaires’ postcode as it comes to market with interiors by the 2nd Earl of Snowdon.
By Jennifer Ebert •
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Chris de Burgh's incredible Georgian mansion in County Wicklow goes on sale for over £10m
The sprawling mansion is set within 27 acres of picturesque countryside...
By Ruth Doherty •
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Design house: Art-filled, East Coast home, designed by Karen B. Wolf Interiors
Interior designer Karen B. Wolf helped the owners of this New Jersey home create a modern, sophisticated interior that really stands out.
By Jennifer Ebert •
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Design house: a modern and sophisticated East Coast residence, designed by Jamie Bush
Colour and curves were the key components to creating this clever family home.
By Jennifer Ebert •
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Design house: an historic lakefront Tudor with a dark, Gothic interior
This elegant Tudor home in Seattle has been given a sympathetic revival
By Jennifer Ebert •
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Queen Elizabeth II is hiring a planner to work on the Buckingham Palace renovation
The planner will work on the historic building's ten-year renovation.
By Jennifer Ebert •
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This inspiring Victorian renovation showcases a clever use of space and light
Clever design tricks were used to create a bright, welcoming interior, from the loft to the basement, in this expertly redesigned family property.
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Incredible riverside apartment in iconic London warehouse up for sale
Just look at these views (and the wine cellar and cinema room)...
By Ruth Doherty •
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Grade II-listed farmhouse – once home to an English nobleman convicted of plotting the assassination of Elizabeth I – is up for sale
Dethick Manor was once home to Anthony Babington.
By Jennifer Ebert •
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Design house: An urban retreat in London, owned and designed by Louise Bradley
Starting from scratch, interior designer Louise Bradley turned her London townhouse into a peaceful urban retreat
By Jennifer Ebert •
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Sprawling country house set in its own parkland for sale in Essex
There's also a tennis court and a private lake...
By Ruth Doherty •
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An elegantly renovated 17th-century farmhouse in Dorset, designed by Sims Hilditch
Undaunted by the challenges of transforming a 17th-century farmhouse, its new owners have been rewarded with an elegant family home in modern English country house style
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Design house: A traditional alpine home in Combloux, designed by Tor Vivian
Set high in the mountainous landscape of Haute-Savoie, this traditional 19th-century farmhouse has been stylishly reinvigorated thanks to its owners' passion for pattern, color and characterful art and antiques
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This unusual converted chapel in London, owned by Peggy Prendeville, is up for sale
The interior designer spent two decades restoring her London home.
By Jennifer Ebert •
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Step inside Donatella Versace's new home in paradise –bought for $5.6 million
Past guests include such legends as Walt Disney and Ernest Hemingway.
By Jennifer Ebert •
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Elm House, once lived in by the famous Welsh painter, Augustus John, is up for sale in Essex
The beautiful village house is up for sale on the Green in Matching Green.
By Jennifer Ebert •
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Design house: Bold and decorative London townhouse, designed by Studio Indigo
Strong shades enhance the elegant lines of this London townhouse
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Exceptional detached house on the edge of Winchester for sale
Abbots Barton is on the northern edge of Winchester within the Itchen Valley.
By Jennifer Ebert •
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Design house: A relaxed beachside retreat in Sussex, designed by Sophie Ashby
Having been reconfigured by designer Sophie Ashby, this Sussex beachside retreat is lighter, more open and, most important, now feels connected to its seaside setting
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Design house: An intriguing and unusual seven-storey townhouse in Kensington
With owners who delight in the unusual, this townhouse's interior designed by Studio Indigo now has more than a touch of the theatrical
By Vivienne Ayers •
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Design house: An Edwardian apartment in London with a Parisian feel
Interior designer Katie McCrum reworked the layer of this once-stuffy apartment and gave it a chic new look
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Design house: An urban-chic home in Somerset with a clever color palette
Idyllic views and an urban-chic look harmonise perfectly in this Somerset home
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