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 • Picasso's prints, Morris & Co wallpaper on tour, John Macfarlane's theatrical designs, plus elegant candelabra to glow up your table

COURSES Create a showstopper with festive foliage • Book yourself onto a wreath-making workshop for guidance in creating a seasonal sensation for your front door, suggests Jenny Oldaker

ANCIENT ROME IN LONDON • As The National Gallery celebrates its bicentenary it has been on a buying spree to mark the occasion, acquiring a first masterpiece by Sir Lawrence Alma- Tadema, the Victorian artist inspired by Ancient Rome, 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

HOT PROPERTY • Three more striking cookers to elevate your kitchen

Merry & BRIGHT • Celebrate the festive season with a joyful clash of pattern and colour, featuring bold candy stripes and small-scale prints

Woodland WALK • Bring the outside in and decorate with green foliage combined with warm copper tones for a magical effect

6 DEALERS • for vintage ornaments

BOOK REVIEWS

2024 GIFT GUIDE • Our pick of the best antique and vintage-inspired gifts - perfect for your best friend in their Gatsby era or your William Morris-loving mother-in-law…

AN ENCHANTED Christmas • Jewel-hued vintage baubles, beautiful papers, foraged finds and handmade projects have created a magical scheme in Genevieve Harris's 600-year-old farmhouse near Rye

NICHOLAS LEES • The ceramic artist talks to Dominique Corlett about new ways of working with clay and blurring the edges of solid objects

Tiny THE SHOW MUST GO ON • Victorian toy theatres - charming and exquisitely designed miniature worlds - have inspired theatre royalty for decades. Today, the tradition is being kept alive by a small but talented network of makers

LIVING WITH ANTIQUES • Three houses, all brimming with Christmas cheer, each using natural materials and family heirlooms to celebrate this most special time of year

In the chic midwinter • Interior designer Kari Young has created a stylish, festive scheme that's befitting of her equally elegant Victorian home in Bath

Celebrating in the Stable • Antiques dealer Julia von Hülsen specialises in Gustavian pieces - all of which look perfectly placed in her German home

Candy CHRISTMAS • Pastel hues, vintage decorations and bowls of sweet treats: the festive run-up is gloriously joyful at Bettina Fœrgeman's historic Copenhagen apartment, where there's an emphasis on entertaining…

ANTIQUES & COLLECTING • A buyer's guide to the universally loved PADDINGTON BEAR, collecting magical SNOW GLOBES, & discover SHEFFIELD PLATE

Velvet Crush • Once the preserve of the wealthy, velvet finally touched all levels of society, thanks to advances in its production process, says Celia Rufey

Collecting Paddington BEAR NECESSITIES • As the nation's favourite bear returns to the big screen, the popularity of toy incarnations of the iconic character soar

Collecting snow globes Let it snow • Nostalgic, magical and highly collectable, snow globes are curious objects of wonder that never fail to...