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.

Period Living

Editor’s Letter

Sustainable pick of the month

The journal • This October, shop for sustainable textiles, decorate with block-print tape, learn new paint techniques and restore a little order to your hallway

Autumn shades • From khaki tones to rusty reds and warm browns, a rich, comforting palette is the perfect way to decorate as the season turns

HOMES & DECORATING

Opposites attract • Be expressive with colour and decorate using complementary shades from across the spectrum, peppered with pattern to create vibrant yet balanced interiors full of unique personality

Subscribe today AND SAVE 35%* • Enjoy classic homes and timeless style in every issue

Picture perfect • With its wisteria-clad walls and pleasing symmetry, this pretty farmhouse was just like the one Madeleine Olivia had dreamt of living in for years – now it was a question of filling it with her own style

Raise the bar • A disused pub struck lucky when Alastair Humphries took it on, breathing life into its empty rooms and furnishing it with an intriguing mix of antiques and French brocante finds

Relaxed retreat • With injections of style, colour and comfort, and a luxuriously reimagined attic suite, Michelle and Barry Sames’ stone cottage has become a vibrant weekend hideaway

TEXTILE TALES Design dowry • Created for centuries by nomadic women, intricately embroidered Suzanis – both hand-embroidered and modern machine-made designs – continue to be admired today

Land of nod • Transform your bedroom from a light and bright summer oasis to a cosy autumnal sanctuary to ensure a restful night’s sleep and a positive start to the day

Curtain call • From cropped café styles to cascading full-length drapes, discover the right designs for your space with our guide

DESIGN & RENOVATION

Tickled pink • Opening up a neglected lower-ground floor annexe has resulted in this new, light-filled kitchen-diner and living area

Salvaged treasures • Bring vintage charm and character to your kitchen by incorporating sustainable restored and reclaimed finds

House journal

Make a splash • Take your bathroom or cloakroom design to the next level with these elegant baths and basins

Out on the tiles • Whether repairing or replacing original period tiles, or tiling a new shower enclosure, there are certain basics to get right

GARDENS & LIFESTYLE

Lasting legacy • This delightful rural garden in Gloucestershire has been a labour of love to create and stands as a fitting tribute to a couple’s shared passion for horticulture

300 brilliant bulbs • Bring a dazzling array of colour to beds, borders and containers from spring to summer with a fabulous selection of seven different flowering-bulb varieties

SWEEPING SWATHES • Few plants have drifted from the wild into our gardens as effortlessly as ornamental grasses, with individual members of this versatile family suiting a variety of conditions

Aloe vera • This spiky specimen, with its dramatic evergreen leaves containing healing gel, is a firm favourite – and perfect for novice houseplant parents

DIARY OF THE Head gardener • The...