Real homes

Tour a smart Victorian home in London with a spacious glass extension

Restoring a period home while giving it a contemporary edge was a careful balancing act

Step inside a glamorous end of terrace in south London, transformed with deep colours

Taking on this small city pad was an exciting challenge

Enjoy this artful makeover of a North West London home, now full of colour and class

Interior designer Clare Pater has worked wonders with a mix of budget buys and clever spends

Step inside a Victorian villa that’s bursting with colour and charm

This period villa has been brought back to life with bold shades and touches of texture

Step inside a 19th century cottage, ingeniously reconfigured for modern-day life

This quaint Hampshire home full of quirky proportions, nook and crannies, needed a new layout to cope with family life

Enjoy the view from this fabulous and family-friendly listed barn in Devon

This oak barn in Herefordshire is a wonderful place to spend Christmas

A couple of seasoned self builders have created a beautiful oak framed home for their family

Step inside an extended four-bedroom Edwardian house, all dressed up for Christmas

An Edwardian house that hadn’t been updated since the 1980s has been given a new lease of life

Enjoy a tour around this warm and welcoming Oxfordshire cottage

Take a tour of this smart Surrey townhouse, all dressed for Christmas

The four-bed Victorian house is filled with character, sophisticated style and clever colour choices

Take a turn around this idyllic converted barn in the Yorkshire Dales

Turning two halves of a neglected barn into one space was a huge task, but has produced the perfect family home

Enjoy a tour of this New England style beach house on the West Sussex coast

Have a wander through this 400-year-old thatched cottage in the Cornwall countryside

It goes to prove that country cottages can be glam, too

Take a tour of this two-bedroom 1970s terrace in west London, transformed with flea-market finds and foliage

Faced with a bland box, this owner created her dream jungle-style home

Explore this characterful two-bedroom oak-framed new-build in the New Forest

This couple never expected to 
self-build their home, but this oak-framed house perfectly suits their new, down-sized lifestyle

Have a look around this pretty Grade II-listed farmhouse in Herefordshire

Finding a home that ticks all the boxes, 
in their ideal country setting, was a stroke of luck for these homeowners

Be inspired by this fresh and bright Scandi luxe Edwardian semi in Northeast London

These owners remodelled a rundown semi with their children in mind, but didn't let the practicalities of family life compromise their design choices

Step inside this pretty, modern-country five-bed house in Dorset

After a devastating fire damaged this country home, these homeowners set to work refurbishing it all over again

Soak up the country-classic vibe in this 400-year-old, converted grain mill in the Cotswolds

After working and raising a family overseas, these owners felt the call of their rural roots

Explore this fresh and airy Grade II-listed, 16th-century cottage in Suffolk

When the owner moved into this centuries-old cottage, her creative touches made a picture-perfect home to share