Worktops can be tricky to get right, but a few clever styling choices can make all the difference ...

Dining room 6 interior experts reveal the 5 things that every dining area needs to look and feel inviting, comfortable and personable Open House I put my ‘Everything Test’ to the test in 4 very ...

With the advent of colour drenching, skirtings and woodwork have become a lot more creative as bold paint ideas have been used on them as well as the walls, it's an exciting trend that's led to ...

One of the age old interior decor dilemmas is how to lighten a dark hallway. It can often feel like a dumping ground for post, shoes, and bikes, which is only made worse by a dreary atmosphere. In ...

This detached house with four bedrooms built in the Fifties in Saltdean, East Sussex was in need of a cosmetic overhaul, as well as a few walls knocking down to improve the layout downstairs. Every ...

After getting multiple quotes on how much a heat pump would cost from various heat pump providers, it was only when someone actually came to my house for the heat loss assessment that I really came to ...

Sophie joined the Ideal Home team as Gardens Editor in June 2024. After studying English at Royal Holloway, University of London, she began writing for Grow Your Own, which spurred on her love of ...

Whether our floors are hard or carpeted, the best vacuums are a lifesaver for clearing them of dust, dirt and spillages. Whether you reach for yours every day or every fortnight, knowing what the ...

While Ninja undoubtedly makes the best air fryers on the market, such as the Ninja Foodi FlexDrawer Air Fryer, until now if you wanted unbeatable functionality from the brand, you needed a lot of ...

An extension, meanwhile, offers many options. ‘We tend to find that extensions work best and are more desirable for families looking to expand on the space they have in a functional way,’ says James ...

It's a big change from how the house looked when they first moved in. 'It was stuck in a 1970’s timewarp! It actually had shag pile patterned carpets, Anaglypta wallpaper, an open-tread staircase and ...

If you have bats in your roof – or evidence of them – then you might need specialist consent before you carry out roof maintainance. The Bat Conservation Trust (bats.org.uk) will be able to provide ...