Escape from the city: The Cotswolds v the Hamptons
Jay Gatsby frequented one, Kate Moss the other, but what makes these rural hotspots so desirable?
Arabella began her career at Country Life on the website as an intern. She read Modern History at Edinburgh University and spent a year working (photocopying) for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Barcelona before moving to London where she still lives with her husband and two young daughters.
Jay Gatsby frequented one, Kate Moss the other, but what makes these rural hotspots so desirable?
A long career at Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler was the perfect preparation for Emma Burns’s greatest design challenge yet: the sensitive transformation of the former dovecote and stables in Oxfordshire she inherited.
Creaking country piles with drafty corridors and leaky roofs are increasingly a thing of the past - today's homes in the country have a very different list of features, many of which you'd normally associate with top-end hotels. Arabella Youens speaks to a pair of experts who explain the phenomenon of the 'super cottage'.
Interior designer Veere Grenney tells Arabella Youens why the only bed to have is a four-poster.
This town house on the Kent coast has been restored by its actor owner to create a kitchen that’s sympathetic to its Georgian roots.
Arabella Youens takes a look at a utility room which shows that practical spaces can also be beautiful.
From stone sinks to sturdy, Merlin Wright of Plain English offers advice on creating the perfect utility room.
Symmetry is regarded as the secret to creating a calm, coherent space, but for many designers, it’s more about creating balance, says Arabella Youens.
Nicola Harding and Christopher Howe joined forces to transform this first-floor library into a serenely elegant sitting room. Arabella Youens explains more.
Gavin Houghton's brief for the drawing room of a London art dealer was simple: do whatever you like, so long as it's elegant and shows touches of wit.
South African designer Hubert Zandberg’s blend of new and vintage pieces can lend depth and character to any room.
When the interior designer Joanna Wood moved to an 18th-century manor house in the Cotswolds, she had an opportunity to create a space that combines a bathroom with a dressing room to provide the perfect retreat from her busy life, as Arabella Youens discovered.
Conservation areas have been protecting Britain's most beautiful areas for 50 years – here's what you need to know if you live in one, or are thinking about moving to one.
Some traditional winter resorts are just as idyllic in summer as they are in winter, with the allure of snow being replaced by wildflowers and cowbells.
An interior design project presents a maze of head-scratching conundrums, from choices between plain and patterned fabrics to whether you really need a club fender.
These beautiful pieces are made bespoke for each client.
Thirty years after the release of Withnail and I, Arabella Youens examines the stylistic legacy of the fictional character's taste for deep Howard-style sofas and chairs.
From Shepherd's huts to treehouses, the trend for homeworking has produced some creative ideas for home offices
Ben Petreath's brief was to create a characterful city sanctuary. Here's how he went about it.