25 Beautiful Homes

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25 Beautiful Homes is a magazine for readers with a sense of personal style. Aspire to your dream house and enjoy looking at other people's homes, designs and styles for inspiration.

25 BEAUTIFUL HOMES

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Island life • Contemporary artist Bridget Lansley applied her love of colour and composition to transform a run-down clapboard house into a stunning seaside home

STYLE inspiration • Bridget gave traditional coastal style a twist by teaming blue with bright and breezy yellow, green and coral

Riding the wave • After years of travelling on the pro-surfer circuit, Jayce Robinson and Hannah Michael chose Cornwall to build their dream country life

From house to HOME • While Faye and Jonny Harborne’s new build was everything they wanted space-wise, it definitely needed some help on the warm and welcoming front

A shade CREATIVE • Brooke Copp-Barton’s family home is a cheerful confection of colour, lively pattern and vintage treasures

Inside out • The priority for this new-build home was to foster an indoor/outdoor lifestyle, where family and friends could kick back and relax – designer Andrea Goldman nailed the brief perfectly

OUT OF THE BLUE • A fresh colour palette and some structural tweaks turned this former playroom into a garden-connected sanctuary

Natural world • With a passion to protect nature and care for the land, the owners of this sustainable new build ensured it connected to its surroundings, both inside and out

Open house • This is not your ordinary Victorian terrace home – everything about it feels light, spacious and open after a beautiful makeover

SEA change • Longing for space, sea air and a slower pace of life, Catherine and Richard Angus swapped London for the Suffolk coast, creating a relaxed home full of character

Bright spark • Sarah Hazebroek overhauled her Victorian home and turned it into a fun and colourful backdrop for her antique finds

PERFECT BALANCE • Crisp lines meet soft shapes and gentle colours meet warm materials in this light-filled oasis of calm

A warm WELCOME • Designer Cecilia Halling Howells has worked wonders in this city apartment, creating a vibrant space fit for entertaining and full of clever space-saving designs

STYLE inspiration • Channel Cecilia’s joyful schemes with shapely pieces, striking patterns and pretty colours that ooze personality and a sense of fun

WATER WORKS • Inspired by the lakeside setting, designer Mel Bean used a palette of soft blues and greens to shape this welcoming retreat

Riverside retreat • The historic fabric of an 18th-century cottage overlooking a pretty weir has been lovingly preserved and honoured

NEW LEASE OF LIFE • With a mix of clever ideas and careful planning, Katie Sanderson’s kitchen is now perfect for family meals, work and entertaining

Go with the FLOW • Interior designer Sophie Wells of Decorbuddi brought this Edwardian semi up to date with a layout that flows better and an aesthetic that is bright and breezy

In fine tradition • Taking over the family home where she had such happy memories gave designer Alice Gates the chance to recreate them with her own young family

QUIET LUXURY • This sophisticated space manages to balance having both glamorous and subtle design details beautifully

EASY LIVING • Lisa Brass, the founder of Design Vintage, reveals how she gave her Georgian home that relaxed Scandi feel

Escape to the country • Danni Hamer and Sebastien Floch’s renovated 17th-century stone barn is a true rural idyll

Character study • Under the expert eye of designer Kate Lovejoy, this 1930s house has become a home full of personality...