Period Living

Period Living is Britain's best-selling period homes magazine, offering inspiration, ideas and advice on all aspects of owning an older property. Discover beautiful real homes and gardens to inspire you, insight into the latest decorating trends and interior products that work with a traditional property, guidance from experts on maintaining and improving your home, and lifestyle features with a nostalgic focus. If you appreciate the timeless elegance and original character of old homes updated for modern life, Period Living is the magazine for you.

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Period Living

The journal • This month, embrace the spirit of coastal living, shop for the perfect headboard, and refresh your space with botanical prints that bring nature indoors

LEMON MOTIF KITCHENWARE • For a summery uplift, shop for zesty pieces

Meet the maker KATE SELLERS

TIDES & TEXTURES • Marine motifs, nautical nuances and tactile materials – in blues, whites and a dash of red – evoke timeless, breezy coastal style

HOMES & DECORATING

Pattern party • Create head-turning interiors by drenching surfaces in an array of captivating prints. From chintz and checks, to stripes and ditsy florals, this season it’ all about layering designs to spark maximum joy

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Paradise found • Taking on a Jacobean hunting lodge with a leaky roof and a huge repair bill required dedication and ingenuity in equal measure. Luckily, Georgie Dunn saw beyond these problems and devised a plan to create a comfortable home for her family, while starting her own business

Community spirit • Vanessa and Steve Price traded a Cotswolds cottage for a cabin-style home in a unique village, where they have showcased their eclectic vintage style and embraced the good life

Clear vision • New owner Emma Dellicompagni’s passion and imagination, along with quirky antique finds and eclectic furnishings, have brought this pretty Cotswolds home back to life

READERS’ HOMES

Dressed for best • Beautiful window treatments frame views, filter light, offer insulation and afford privacy, and looking to the past for inspiration can help with the right styling and making the most of the proportions of a period home

DESIGN & RENOVATION

Plain sailing • When Liney and Jonathan Cumberlege embarked on their new kitchen renovation, things fell perfectly into place for them

Just coasting • Bring a subtle touch of seaside style to your kitchen with these gently coastal-inspired decorating ideas

Warm welcome • Frame the entrance to your home with a beautifully designed and complementary porch that meets your needs

House journal

Inside out • Blurring the boundaries between your home and garden, patio doors can transform the way you use your space throughout the year

FIND INNER PEACE IN THE OUTDOORS • Harness the meditative power of plants in this brand-new title

Creative thinking • Interior designer and stylist Zoé de Las Cases shares her tips for hunting out secondhand treasures with ideas to transform or display them to reflect French vintage style

Opening up • Whether you are knocking down walls or designing a new multi-functional extension, ensure your open-plan space retains a clear sense of identity with these zoning ideas

ROOM ESSENTIALS • Combine complementary furniture and décor to effectively zone your open-plan space, simultaneously ensuring a sense of harmony and individual identity

In the frame • Original timber windows play a crucial role in the aesthetics of a period property, so learn how to repair and restore them with care

Coming up roses • Grow these mesmerising blooms – they’ll be the stars of your flower border and they cut...