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.

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Homes & Antiques

This Month • Antique desks at affordable prices, the British Art Fair, Cliveden Literary Festival, plus exhibitions in Cornwall, Suffolk and London

COURSES Adventures in window dressing • From covetable curtains to ravishing Roman blinds, select a hands-on course to give you the confidence and skills to create your own window coverings,

A MODERN MASTERPIECE • Leonora Carrington, the British-born Surrealist, joined the world's most valuable women artists at auction when Les Distractions de Dagobert sold for a record-breaking $28.5 million at Sotheby's New York, says Caroline Wheater

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

REGENCY REVIVAL • With series three of Bridgerton causing a flutter, there is a fresh appetite for Regency furniture and chinoiserie wallpapers and fabrics

High SOCIETY • Tap into this regal look with an array of elegant accessories

FOSTER & GANE • Jenny Oldaker meets Val and Ed Foster, the mother-and-son team behind Oxfordshire-based antiques shop Foster & Gane

HOMES&ANTIQUES

Home Library • Whether you collect rare first-editions or you're simply an avid reader, books can complete a room – make the most of yours with our guide…

The Library Ladder • Step up and complete your home library with a set of library steps or a ladder to help you reach even the very highest of shelves,

Bookcases and Shelves • Even in a home without a library, you can still create a dedicated spot for your treasured book collection

Shelf life • Displaying your books is an enjoyable exercise in aesthetics, but it's also vital to consider the protection of treasured tomes. Two experts offer their advice to Jenny Oldaker

BOOK REVIEWS

The Easiest Way to Explore, Find and Buy Valued Objects. • Our marketplace gathers valued objects from auction houses around the world – and delivers them safely to your door. It's the easiest way to explore, find and buy Valued Objects.

TIM RAWLINSON • Dominique Corlett speaks to the glass artist about lucky encounters, putting in the hours, and the power of impressions made in childhood

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LIVING WITH ANTIQUES • Gentle hues, rustic antiques and a country aesthetic tie these four homes together – from a farmhouse in Germany to a Victorian townhouse in Bath

Dialling down the noise • Lisa Mehydene's skilful use of texture and pattern, paired with an eclectic selection of antiques, has transformed a rural barn into a warm and welcoming home away from home

Restored to Splendour • Following a painstaking restoration, this Victorian house in Bath is now a welcoming home with a perfect blend of period charm and country chic

The joy of PATTERN • Pattern designer Cathy Nordström has filled her summer house in Torekov with textiles, colour, and an unbridled love for interior design

Nordic Nostalgia • Birgit Niehaus loves Gustavian antiques so much, she sells them from her home – a specially converted 1850s farmhouse near Germany's North Sea coast

ANTIQUES & COLLECTING • Collecting SILHOUETTES, a history of NEWLYN COPPER, plus STAR SALES and a buyer's guide to DELFT TILES

Suzanis • Just as in centuries past, these hand-embroidered antique textiles – and their...