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.

Editor’s Letter

Period Living

Journal • This February, find inspiration for a new room scheme and shop for finishing touches, including handmade lampshades and eco rugs

Exotic inf luence • Bring vivid colour and pattern to a neutral scheme with ikat-inspired prints and accessories

Into the light

AGE OF ELEGANCE • A chance encounter with a handsome home on the Cornish coast provided the perfect opportunity for Tracey Mannell and her husband Richard to go bright and beautiful with the décor

MINIATURE marvels • From simple stripes to dainty trails, small-scale prints can make a big impact in interior design, and here we share our favourite ways to decorate with these unsung heroes

CAREFULLY CURATED • Downsizing allowed Tim Bailey to create a tailor-made home that is reconfigured to his requirements and filled with the things he loves

Savvy & stylish • Unsung heroes of the home, multi-functional utility and boot rooms play an important role in taking the pressure off living spaces, but there is no reason why they cannot be both practical and beautiful

IN THE FRAME • Extending their small Victorian cottage in almost every direction, Sara and Dom Allom created an ideal backdrop for their array of vintage art

Soft serenity • Decorating with new neutrals, inspired by colours from the natural world, adds a gentle and soothing touch to interiors that can be layered with textures and tones to ebb and flow with the seasons

Seally

WINTER WONDERS • Come midwinter, this magical garden awakes with myriad naturalised snowdrops filling beds and borders alongside frosted topiary and grasses

The four-posterbed • From ornately decorative state beds to elegant modern testers dressed in plain linen, the cosseting luxury of this style of bed has set an aspirational statement across the centuries

House Journal

Splashing out • Add colour, texture and character to your kitchen with a practical yet eye-catching splashback

Take a seat

Perfect peninsulas

Rain on me • Feature Roger Hunt, author of Old House Eco Handbook

Up in smoke • Douglas Kent advises on why chimneys smoke and how to address the emission of fumes from fireplaces into rooms

THREE OF THE BEST TOOLS FOR PRUNING

WHERE TO SEE SNOWDROPS • From January through to early March, bask in the glorious glow of these pretty white flowers that mark the start of spring

Spades down • The no-dig gardening method will save you time, as well as bring huge benefits to the health of your garden soil, plants, and crops

Setting up home • Create the perfect nesting site for feathered friends with these bird box designs

SHADY characters • Delicate and feathery or with bolder forms, learn how to grow ferns to enjoy the texture, shape, movement and colour of these versatile plants in many areas of the garden

Growing under glass • Make the most of your greenhouse and discover how to plan the planting and use it throughout the year for nurturing fruit, vegetables and exotic blooms

BEST CROPS UNDER GLASS • Plan a succession of edibles to sow and grow in a greenhouse throughout the year

CARVING THE WAY • Using...