It's a stitch-up!

If you're looking for an easy way to stitch together a successful home style, it's time to pick up a needle and thread - and get sewing.

Put a spring in your cleaning

Rays of sunshine are finally piercing the gloom as spring starts to make its long-awaited appearance. And that can mean only one thing: it's time to roll up your sleeves and get cleaning.

Show the yellow card

We're all suffering from a lack of sunshine. And while there's no magic wand to change the murky outlook, you can set the forecast to 'sunny' by embracing the brightest trend on the decor horizon - yellow.

Time for style

Whether you like your clocks to look practical, retro, simply elegant or quirky, there's no doubt a timepiece can transform the look of a room.

Give your home some Easter treats

We all want to have a cracking good time at Easter and it's a lovely opportunity to decorate the home and let the children lend a helping hand.

Stately home style cheats

Cheating is frowned on in most walks of life but in decor, these days, it's a badge of style.

Make a grand entrance

You're not alone if you walk into your home and your spirits wilt as you're greeted by a jumble of coats, shoes and bags, as the hallway is generally the most neglected area in the home.

Give your home a mini makeover

Brighter days don't just jog us into cleaning winter grime from the windows - they make us look at rooms anew.

Smile when you get home

Only a truly miserable soul would fail to feel an instant surge of optimism and energy on stepping through the door of a house flooded with light, brimming with colour and adorned with fun, quirky accessories.

Work wonders at home

Working might be essential for most of us, but who hasn't dreamed - usually while suffering a cold commute or the tedium of office politics - of escaping and being based at home?

The home of sensuality

There's something of the diva about Sera Hersham-Loftus, as she lounges on a daybed covered in a profusion of silk throws and embroidered cushions.

Back in the habitat

On a bleak, frosty morning in the heart of London, the same question is on everybody's lips: can Habitat, the design brand which transformed millions of homes back in the Sixties and Seventies, really make a successful revival in the harsher, more penny-pinching world of 2013?

A store of good ideas

Stylish storage has suddenly been transformed into a stunning addition for any home.

Fancy a frill?

The first thing you notice about Rachelle Blondel and Tif Fussell's homes is how warm and welcoming they are.

Welcome to an age of elegance

Bag a butterfly, splash out on blues, whip up some wallpaper and show a well-turned leg if you want your home to be bang on trend this year.

Going spare in style

The kids might be running around the house in school holiday-induced excitement, and friends and relatives popping round with all the gossip - but chances are you'll hear nothing as you single-handedly fight your way through the clutter in the spare room.

Try these quick festive fixes

Even the most ardent Christmas fan can sometimes find the frenzy and expense of getting ready for the holiday leaves little time or money to decorate the house.