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.

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RETURN to splendour • Lara Wasson has revived this listed building to create an incredible family home filled with personality – and it’s energy efficient, too

Three in one • Sam Dascombe and Jeremy Flindall brought their property’s three distinct parts together to create one unique family home

No place like home • It may have had dodgy electrics and rooms not touched since the 50s, but for Rebecca and David Rutter this house was their dream

In the RIGHT TONE • A palette of extraordinary colours has made Ana Engelhorn’s 17th-century farmhouse absolutely fabulous

Little GEM • Determined to get on the property ladder, Elly MacDonald found an apartment in need of some serious TLC and gave it a new lease of life

GOOD VIBES • Relaxed earthy tones and vintage styles brought personality back into a previously plain white living space

California dreaming • West Coast laid-back luxe was the brief for this 1950s house – Melinda Mandell was just the person to realise the look

Start with the art • Sophie and Thomas Stratton were inspired by their passion for paintings to reimagine their family home

A place for everything • By considering the function of each space, Leo Wood has helped design a home that’s as practical as it is beautiful

LET THERE BE LIGHT • Knocking two rooms together has transformed this kitchen from dark and cramped to bright and spacious

TEAM effort • A great collaboration between old friends led to the richly detailed refurbishment of Jemima Sissons and Leo Beckham’s terraced house

REGENCY reinvention • Its historic bones give it grandeur, but designer Suzy Fairfield has ensured that her home is also warm and welcoming

DESTINY fulfilled • Sarah and John Schmitt always wanted to build their own home and the end result exceeded all expectations

TO BOLDLY GO • With its chandeliers, brass and antique-mirror detailing and even a champagne sink, this kitchen has an alluring and timeless grandeur

Capital venture • When an apartment on her street in Amsterdam came up for sale, interior designer Nicoline Beerkens couldn’t resist the chance to begin a new project

Old school STYLE • Sarah and Ed Wealend’s former school headmaster’s-house-turned-flat reflects their passion for pattern, plants and travel

ORIGINAL BLEND • Combining tradition with a look that is of the moment was the goal for this en suite in a listed home

A woodland FANTASY • Relishing the challenge of rescuing a modernist gem, Seamus and Lucy Shanks created a home that celebrates its extraordinary surroundings

MODERN revival • Elizabeth Backup restored the original character of a period home while adding her own contemporary twist

PAST & present • Scott Brown’s character-filled apartment connects its warehouse origins with modern-day design – the combination is stunning

THE BRIGHT SIDE • Pops of vibrant colour and clever use of pattern transformed a bedroom into a bold yet beautiful retreat

A cut above • The well-designed spaces and high-spec finishes of this penthouse apartment drew Helen Dickinson in, but it was the amazing terrace with its city views that won her over

NATURAL good looks • Thinking creatively gave Samantha and Will Thompson the chance to reimagine their country bolthole, which complements its lakeside setting

Opposites ATTRACT • Jane and David have celebrated both the old and the new in the renovation of their Grade...