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 April, dress an Easter table, learn how to make marbled paper, celebrate the start of the growing season with vegetable print homeware and finish upholstery with decorative trims

3 buys FUN EASTER DECORATIONS • Embellish your home with these whimsical finds

Learn something new • PAPER MARBLING

WOVEN WONDER

Timeless design

All the trimmings

PATTERN ON PATTERN

SPRING HARVEST

Checkmate

Meet the maker

RAISE THE BAR • For a comfortable and stylish seat at the kitchen island, choose from our shortlist

READERS’ HOMES

HOMES & DECORATING

Pink & green • Evocative of unfurling leaves and new-season blooms, these complementary colours are a natural pairing for creating timeless, balanced interiors imbued with the radiant spirit of spring

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Art and soul • Trading a London flat for a Georgian country lodge, Kate Elwell has made a colourful, comfortable family home that’s also the base for her creative courses

A labour of love • Nichola and Richard Keeble sensitively renovated this 17th-century property in the Cotswolds, restoring period features and uncovering hidden history along the way

Simple pleasures • Finding an idyllic retreat in the rolling Devon countryside has brought balance and calm to Rebecca and Simon Walker’s busy working lives

LITTLE GEM • Smaller than a traditional bathroom, a cloakroom requires careful design, but presents myriad creative opportunities as well as practical benefits

Welcome the spring • Decorate your home for Easter with these simple ideas using freshly grown and foraged greenery, and real eggs

Download your free digital magazine* • Be inspired by some of the most charming and beautiful properties in the country and find out how to recreate the look in your own home

DESIGN & RENOVATION

Get in line • Embracing their galley kitchen, Roxanne Fregona and Chris Pugh have brought light and beauty to the engine room of the home

Narrow margins • Optimise your galley kitchen with clever storage and compact designs without compromising on style

House journal

Water WORKS • Upgrade purely functional taps and uninspiring shower heads for designs that work to enhance your bathroom’s look and elevate your bathing experience. Getting a handle on the wide range of styles and different finishes – from genuine reclaimed hardware that takes centre stage to understated chrome designs – will help you find the perfect match for your home

Nooks & crannies • Make the most of awkward spaces by incorporating them into your room’s design, giving them a purpose and identity beyond merely storage

Characterful cast • Decorative plasterwork adds sculptural elegance when used as part of the chorus line of an interior scheme, or will inject bold ornamentation as a hero piece – few period homes look complete without some of these defining features

A strong bond • Repair damage to old brickwork with care and retain the structural integrity and character of period properties with sensitive...