Step inside this personality-filled semi in Nottinghamshire
The owner has transformed a bland semi into a home full of vibrancy
Real homes
Step inside beautiful real homes from around the world with our house tours. From chocolate box cottages in the Cotswolds to super-sleek modern homes in the capital, we go behind the front door of houses up and down the country, and find out how the owners and renters created their dream homes, whatever their style and budget.
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Credit: Colin Poole Take a tour round this quirky Georgian cottage in Oxfordshire
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Image credit: Rachael Smith Credit: Rachael Smith Take a tour around this contemporary 19th-century Victorian terrace in south London
The owners thought their first real home together would be strictly short term – it proved to be anything but
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Image credit: Douglas Gibb Credit: Douglas Gibb Take a turn around this modern two-bedroom bungalow in Fife
The owner moved into her gran’s neutral seaside cottage and transformed it into a rainbow-hued home
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Image credit: Polly Eltes Credit: Polly Eltes Fall in love with this Grade II-listed Victorian former schoolhouse in Oxford
When the owner downsized to what was once a schoolhouse, it was the ideal opportunity to decorate just as she wanted
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Credit: Dave Burton Take a look around this colour-pop cottage in the Scottish borders
The owner turned this drab stone Victorian cottage into a bright and modern home
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Image credit: Colin Poole Credit: Colin Poole Step inside this Hamptons-inspired seaside apartment near Whitby
This seaside apartment is packed with small-space solutions and sassy style ideas
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Credit: Colin Poole Take a look around this bright and modern four-bed farmhouse in Devon
The owners of this Victorian farmhouse put together a simple, modern look on a shoestring
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Image credit: Polly Eltes Credit: Polly Eltes Take a tour around this light-filled family home in Hampshire
The owners transformed a house that had been split in two, into a unified, light-filled family home
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Credit: Alison Hammond Take a look around this modern-country three-bed home in Yorkshire
An typical boxy Eighties build gets a fabulous country update
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Image credit: Polly Eltes Credit: Polly Eltes Fall in love with this former coastguard’s cottage on the Cornish coast
The lure of the Cornish coast led the owner to buy this welcome retreat for high days and holidays
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Credit: Douglas Gibb Explore this stunning lochside cottage in Scotland
Can you believe that this used to be a fishing-net shed?
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Have a wander around this tranquil, mellow-stoned Cotswold cottage
The owner found peace and tranquility away from city life in her stylish, mellow home
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Credit: Olly Gordon Feast your eyes on this bold and quirky four-bed Victorian terrace in Kettering
Colour and oodles of creativity has turned a boring house into a one-of-a-kind home
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Image credit: Polly Eltes Credit: Polly Eltes Be inspired by this beautifully renovated barn in Buckinghamshire
A country girl at heart, the owner has made sure her beautiful renovated barn is all about living indoors and out
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Credit: David Giles Take a tour around this north London flat
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Take a turn around this two-floor tenement flat inside a Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh
The owners made design-savvy choices and got creative to give their flat a joined-up, grown-up look
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Image credit: Polly Eltes Credit: Polly Eltes Fall in love with this 250-year-old country manor house in Cambridgeshire
The joy of an idyllic childhood in switzerland led the restoration of an old country house making it a dream family home
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Credit: David Giles Step inside this small-but-perfectly-formed family home in south London
The owners of this London semi stretched themselves to buy a small, dark, former rental, then got creative to turn it into a family-friendly home
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Image credit: Polly Eltes Credit: Polly Eltes Have a wander around this idyllic rural farmhouse in Hertfordshire
The owner found her perfect home, as well as a wealth of inspiration, when she moved to an idyllic rural farmhouse
