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

3 PIECES THAT CAUGHT MY EYE

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS • (plus where they are most looking forward to visiting)

HOMES & ANTIQUES

Letters • Send an email, message us on Facebook or tag us on Instagram – we’d love to hear from you

Dress to impress

STAR LETTER

THE MONTH MAY • The Collector auction at Christie’s, Rodin at Tate Modern, the Jerwood Collection residency, plus buying Staffordshire rabbits

ANCIENT CELTIC COPPER FIGURE DISCOVERED AT WIMPOLE ESTATE

HOME & Antiques • Relaxed and romantic: celebrate midsummer in style + Collecting ships in bottles + Six of the best lidos + Behind the brand: Waterford crystal PLUS A life in design: Matthew Williamson

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

GEORGIAN TRIPOD TABLES • Alexander Hallett, Sworders

FLOWER NOSTALGIA • Bring the garden inside with these bold and beautiful floral fabrics and wallpapers

Mellow Yellow • Bask in the glow from this glut of golden delights

SOCIETY ANTIQUES & DECORATIVE • Howard Byrom, who runs Society Antiques & Decorative from Morecambe, tells us about himself

Garden Scarves

BLAZING A TRAIL

PROVINCIAL SILVER • Alicia Rogers, Head of Silver & Objets de Vertu at Mallams

All aflutter

Cabinet of Curiosities • Our columnist considers the compulsion to collect and shares his latest obsession

ELEANOR LAKELIN • This month, in our series on makers whose work we believe is worthy of being passed down to future generations, we meet Eleanor Lakelin, a maker in wood, with her finger on the pulse of nature

WHERE TO BUY

A very personal passion • In the first edition of her new column Willa Latham explains her love of British porcelain

BAGS OF STYLE • The V&A Museum’s first major exhibition of bags, and record prices at auction, reveal that a long-treasured accessory is more popular than ever, finds Janet Gleeson

HERMÈS HIMALAYA NILOTICUS CROCODILE DIAMOND BIRKIN 30

THE KELLY BAG

MÉTIERS D’ART PARISSHANGHAI BLACK LUCITE MATRYOSHKA

Ronnie Archer Morgan • A quest for knowledge and an eye for fashion and design provided the foundations for Ronnie Archer Morgan’s career as an antiques specialist

LIVING WITH ANTIQUES • Five homes filled with TREASURED antiques (from p50), STYLE ideas (p77, p85 & p93), plus homeowners’ favourite PLACES (p59 & p67)

Second CHANCE • Since buying the dilapidated, rambling farmhouse in the Norfolk countryside that they’d once shunned, Catherine and Simon Davis have never looked back

Simon’s Little Black Book of PEOPLE & PLACES

A Restful RETREAT • A fresh colour palette and a mix of well-loved vintage furniture gives Sarah Laming’s seaside cottage a relaxed holiday feel, while remaining loyal to its Georgian roots

Sarah’s Little Black Book of FAVOURITE PLACES

Life on the factory floor • Anna Piiroinen and Tomi Parkkonen have transformed a former factory in the southern Finnish town of Hanko into a comfortable, bohemian family home

BOHO CHIC • Team industrial elements with oriental carpets and flea-market finds for a relaxed vibe

Colour PLAY • Artists Clare and Des have filled their Hereford townhouse with bold paintwork and a happy...