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

This Month • Exhibitions on Lucie Rie and the British Neo-Romantics, plus the beauty of antique teapots and a Scottish auction at Lyon & Turnbull

Lucie Rie: The Adventure of Pottery • Until 7th January 2024 The Holburne Museum, Bath

After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art • Until 13th August The National Gallery, London

A World of Private Mystery: British Neo-Romantics • Until 29th October The Fry Public Art Gallery, Saffron Walden

Mastering the Market: Dutch and Flemish Paintings from Woburn Abbey • Until 24th September The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

Sainsbury Centre • University of East Anglia, Norwich

Scottish Works of Art & Whisky • 16th August, Lyon & Turnbull

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

FOLK ART CRAFTS

HERITAGE REMIX

TABLE TALK

Sitting Pretty

Scents of summer • Divine diffusers and candles for a touch of aromatherapy

SUN-BLEACHED CHINTZ • Pretty floral fabrics and wallpapers that appear to have faded in the summer sunshine have a vintage quality

Bloom TIME • Favour blush tones and blowsy florals as accents in your home and garden

Sister Act

TEXTILE DESIGNS BY CFA VOYSEY

Using sticky tape

Form & Function

Flower tower

Prints Charming • Add joy to your dining table with a pretty set of decorative napkins

BOOK REVIEWS • Curl up with these three fascinating - and insightful - reads, for lovers of ART HISTORY, ANTIQUES, and… BOOKS

IRIS & MABEL • Lucy Alcorn, owner of Iris & Mabel, speaks to Molly Malsom about her eye for antique textiles, the most popular pieces for summer and why everyone should consider shopping vintage…

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KENSUKE FUJIYOSHI • Dominique Corlett speaks to the Japanese porcelain artist about cultural inheritance and reinventing traditional ceramics for a contemporary audience

Reshaping THE PAST • From 19th-century linen sheets to 21st-century dress fabrics, the future looks bright for pre-loved textiles. Victoria Maw meets the artists and designers whose work gives new life to materials that might have been cast aside

LIVING WITH ANTIQUES • Three covetable homes, from an antiques dealer's house in Monmouthshire with lovely shelves of Staffordshire ware, to a coastal cottage in Whitstable

Back to nature • Deep in the woods near the Wye Valley, what was once a squatters' cottage with the humblest of origins is now a relaxed, colourful family home

STAFFORDSHIRE WHIMSY • Style your shelves with figurines, fairings and flathacks

Telling stories • In her cottage in the seaside town of Whitstable, set decorator Jo Kornstein has used her many vintage finds to conjure up a sense of the building's past

COASTAL CHARM • Choose vintage finds with a subtle nautical nod to create a cosy retreat

A twist on COUNTRY • The juxtaposition of African woven pieces with antiques and a clever mix of textiles, textures and colours adds depth to this Somerset rectory

LAYERED LIVING • Antiques are paired with graphic prints and woven textures for a contemporary lift

ANTIQUES & COLLECTING • The best TEXTILE...