A guide to building your dream home / Clare Dowdy
Creating a custom home should be your proudest achievement rather than a self-build nightmare. Clare Dowdy guides us through six key considerations
Kevin McCloud talks posh jackets, creating shadows and the kind of person who builds their own home
As the latest series of Grand Designs celebrates the perfect relationship between client and architect, Cover Stories meets the programme’s presenter Kevin McCloud to talk about the primal need behind home building.
How to furnish the modern home / Hugh St Clair
Interiors columnist Hugh St Clair shares his view on the products and gadgets that will bring your home up to futuristic standards
How to look after antiques and valuables / Hugh St Clair
From specialist humidifiers to badger and hog’s hair brushes, art and antiques expert Hugh St Clair gives you the lowdown on how to care for your precious antiques and valuables.
‘Prefab’ – no longer a dirty word / Home of the Future
Modular and ‘prefab’ homes will become increasingly common in the next 10 years according to research from Hiscox on the home of the future. Great for those who can’t afford traditional bricks and mortar, but will they really catch on as they say they will? We ask Archiblox.
One house, two homes / The Home of the Future
Fancy housing three generations under one roof? It won’t be so bad if you live in a dual or tri-hub, a home style that’s likely to become increasingly common, according to our Home of the Future research.