Period Living

Period Living is Britain’s best-selling period homes magazine, and each month is packed full of inspiring imagery of interiors and gardens along with decorating and shopping ideas, antiques and vintage, and advice on maintaining and improving a traditional home. If you appreciate the timeless qualities and classic style that a period home offers, but want to make it work for modern life, Period Living is the magazine for you.

Editor’s Letter

Period Living

Your Journal • Readers’ letters, projects and views on the magazine

Journal • This August, breathe new life into your home and garden with heritage-inspired prints and summer-themed accessories

Wonderfully woven • Rattan adds texture and goes with everything – weave this natural furnishing trend into your home

Dining out • Dress your picnic with the prettiest accessories for a lively alfresco spread

Colour confidence • Designer Pearl Lowe shares her passion for embracing colour in every room, creating schemes from the vibrant to the dramatic

TURNING BACK TIME • Beverley Brown took on an old thatched cottage, using traditional materials and methods to breathe new life into its ancient frame

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A taste of the Med • Embrace the colours, patterns and time-worn patinas of the Mediterranean to create beautiful interiors perfect for laid-back living

GOING WITH THE GR AIN • Finding their forever home proved a challenge for Julie and Alick Kitchin – until the stars aligned and they found this 19th-century granary barn conversion in the Cotswolds

A warm welcome • Create an inviting and characterful hallway with these timeless design ideas

NATURAL BEAUTY • For antiques collector Annemieke, buying a house with no original features wasn’t an obvious move. However, she and husband Henk soon restored its character and charm

Flights of FANCY • Chinoiserie artist Diane Hill creates the most joyful and fantastical wallpapers, fabrics and artworks, designed to make the heart sing

OCEAN VIEW • Sandra and Simon Fowle’s beach hut is their happy place, where they love to enjoy the simple pleasures of the Kent coastline

Shades of the sea • Discover ideas for decorating with turquoise, a delicately balanced blue-green colour that is at once calming and uplifting

ELEGANT EVOLUTION • Gabrielle Armstrong and Trevor Ruddle created a garden of two distinct parts to provide a tranquil setting for their Flintshire home

CHANGING SPACES Conservatories • Conservation expert Lee Bilson uncovers the history of these multipurpose rooms, designed to combine a passion for growing with a need to connect to the garden

House Journal

GO WITH THE FLOW • Take inspiration from these stylish yet practical shower designs to find the right solution for your bathroom

Brushing up • Breathe new life into old wood furniture by painting it with colourful shades and characterful finishes

Vive la France

Precious metals • Iron and steel gates and railings are valuable original features – discover how to restore them to former glory

Bricks & mortar • Douglas Kent explains the best methods to maintain and repair old brickwork

Garden journal

Save & sow • Learn how to harvest seeds from flowers and crops, to increase your garden stock for free

Dry spell • Make the rain work for you – save money and conserve water with these sustainable gardening choices

Summer flower bonanza • Keep your garden blooming into autumn with gardening experts’ favourite flowers to include in a summer planting palette

Growing ambitions • Increase the growing season in your garden and nurture tender and exotic...