Homes & Antiques

Homes & Antiques is the magazine for people who love great design and beautiful objects from every era, providing a unique mix of the very best of the old with the very best of the new. That's why, as well as being the official magazine of the BBC's Antiques Roadshow, every issue delivers an inspirational blend of heritage and lifestyle.

Editor’s Letter

Homes & Antiques

April • This is the month to… live it up in Florence, celebrate visionary female artists, and see Normandy through David Hockney’s eyes

STYLE & SHOPPING • Our monthly guide to DECORATIVE accessories, unique ANTIQUES and beautiful textiles that will add CHARACTER and colour to your home

Easter treats • Pep up your spring celebrations with a playful mix of homeware in pretty pastel shades

QUIET PATTERN • Bring depth and character to your space with softly spoken fabrics and wallpapers, introducing pattern that whispers rather than shouts

Small & SMART • These accessories with tiny prints show how subtle detail can create big impact

A WALL OF ONE’S OWN • From Paleolithic cave art that ‘moves’, to contemporary designs in high-end boutiques, our love affair with wall paintings is as much about our primitive need to tell stories as it is about domestic decoration, finds Ellie Tennant

A TIMELINE OF MURAL STYLES

MURAL, MURAL ON THE WALL • 5 BEAUTIFUL MURALS TO SEE IN THE UK…

SUE KIRK • Willow weaver Sue Kirk talks to Dominique Corlett about sustainability, biodiversity, and weaving one’s way through grief

LIVING WITH ANTIQUES • This month’s homes are a celebration of pattern, colour and collections, each one showcasing the decorative flair — and personality — of its owners

Pattern AND POISE • Inspired by the souks of Morocco, Anna Cox has transformed her 1930s Cotswolds home with vibrant hues, bold textiles and treasured heirlooms

Creative Haven • Moving from a mid-century urban house to a characterful 19th-century country home gave Mink Yip the freedom to blend creativity, heritage, and a lifetime of collected treasures into a joyful sanctuary

TAPESTRY OF LIFE • Embrace an anything-goes approach, where joyful collecting and intuitive styling create a lived-in, welcoming interior

Colour with Character • Among the plethora of homes featured in The Vintage Way by Sarah Marie Winther is Karen Schmidt’s soulful Danish villa

Artistry in RESIDENCE • Casa Navàs reveals the height of Catalan Modernisme. where architecture, antiques and innovation meet

ANTIQUES & COLLECTING • Collecting ANTIQUE BROOCHES, Caroline Wheater’s STAR SALES, a guide to JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS and more…

STAR SALES • A ‘drunken’ glass vase and a Suffolk scene by John Constable are among Caroline Wheater’s top auction finds this month

Collecting BROOCHES • From functional pins and fastenings to exquisite works of art, brooches have had their place for centuries. Though the late-20th and early-21st centuries saw them consigned to the doldrums, these pieces of jewellery are making a comeback, as Emma Longstaff finds out…

BROOCHES THROUGH THE AGES • Brooches have evolved, but the detail in early examples is surprising

THE QUEEN OF BROOCHES • The late monarch regularly sported a brooch

The culture shapers: AWARDS SEASON • As the annual awards ceremonies venerate and champion the stars of cinema, television, stage and music, Caroline Wheater revels in the red-carpet vibe that suffuses early spring every year

Collecting JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS • Once affordable art for the people, these everyday prints travelled far beyond their origins, helping to shape Western modern art and becoming highly prized today, finds Emma Longstaff

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