From hand-painted details to meaningful souvenirs, these are the simple ways I make my neutral home feel more personal ...

Content creator Lucy Kalice is one of Ideal Home's Open House contributors, sharing her thoughts on cleaning, home decor and making the most of small spaces. See the rest of her articles here. I spilt ...

This is not a drill! M&S’s light-up candles have returned to stores, and they're already listed as bestsellers on the website. As we’ve learned from the previous two years, these candles sell fast, so ...

But as an Expert Vacuum Tester, my job is to review vacuums based on a multitude of factors, including performance, price and more. After all, I want you to buy a vacuum that ticks all of your boxes.

Clear surfaces, organised drawers, everything in its rightful place… it’s the absolute dream. But in reality, excess clutter makes feel this near impossible. Step forward our list of decluttering ...

Stone built with clotted-cream coloured lime render, the seaside cottage stops you in your tracks. Built in 1760, in the village of Gunwalloe on the Lizard Peninsula, the property has been altered and ...

Ginevra Benedetti has been the Deputy Editor of Ideal Home magazine since 2021. With a career in magazines spanning nearly twenty years, she has worked for the majority of the UK’s interiors magazines ...

' Fast-growing hedges such as cherry laurel, privet, leylandii and bamboo are the perfect alternative to man-made fences,' says Chris Cooper, senior product manager at battery lawnmower specialists ...

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 ...

I may not have a big house with oodles of space, but that doesn’t stop me from inviting friends and family round for regular get-togethers. And while I can handle us all squashing around a dinner ...

Foxcote Cottage is an 18th-century, end-of-terrace cottage. The original property was extended to the rear with a single-storey dining room with light well, and to the side with a ground-floor bedroom ...

Bicarbonate of soda, or baking soda, is the ultimate cleaning ingredient. It can be used for an assortment of jobs, from disinfecting sinks, scrubbing at kitchen work surfaces and cleaning mattresses, ...