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

The journal • This September, bring the outdoors in with biophilic designs from boutique textile brands and fill your home with an eclectic mix of prints and patterns

Nine to five • Give your home office a refresh and make it a pleasure to work in with these pretty and practical essentials

Stylish dresser • Transition your clothing from summer to autumn with our pick of the best standalone wardrobes

WHERE THE HEART IS • Pauline Matthews followed her dream and moved to the countryside where a cottage, ripe for renovation, awaited her signature French style to bring it back to life

PERFECT PAIRING

SAVING GRACE

Hot-desking • Design a productive corner in your home, whether used as an office or for crafting, that aids concentration and sparks creativity with these versatile room ideas

SWEETNESS AND LIGHT • Viewing it by torchlight only added to this cottage’s charm, and the former carpenter’s barn had many more delights in store, as Laura and Patrick Butler-Madden have since discovered

Silken threads • Originally considered the cloth of kings, silk goes hand in glove with a sense of luxury but modern textiles offer lustrous, matt, smooth and textural finishes to suit almost every interior

CONTEMPORARY CLASSIC • An unexpected turn of events led Jane King to regard a temporary home as her forever one, and develop a passion for gardening and garden design

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Sure footing • Whether you prefer to play with pattern or look to add a touch of natural beauty to a bathroom, find the perfect flooring for the space

Draped in elegance

Putting up walls • Embrace your inner creativity by adding colour, texture and interest to the backbone of your kitchen with these exciting decorative ideas

Fitting the mould • Often smothered with layers of paint, decorative plaster mouldings should in fact be a room’s crowning glory, so learn how to restore or repair these lovely period features

In the frame • The craft of making leaded lights has changed little over the centuries, explains Douglas Kent, and it is important to preserve this historic style of window

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Peace lily • Loved for its elegant, long-lasting white blooms, this tropical houseplant is a firm favourite and with the right care can delight for years on end

GLOBAL PRESENCE • The spherical flowerheads of alliums add shape and colour into borders during late spring and early summer, and now is the time to plant them for next year

GREEN THUMB

Effortless enjoyment • Create inspiring and beautiful garden planting displays that are also low maintenance, with these expert ideas for easier to manage plots and plants for time-strapped gardeners

STITCHING THROUGH SEASONS • From her garden studio in rural East Sussex, textile artist Sarah Becvar creates freehand machine embroidered artwork and homeware that celebrate the beauty of wildflowers

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Rural rusticity • Stepping into the countryside, Alice Roberton explores what defines farmhouse furniture, its charm, and how best to approach purchasing a piece

Arundells • Home to a former prime minister, this characterful...