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

PIECES THAT CAUGHT MY EYE

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS • (plus their favourite paint colour combinations)

HOMES & ANTIQUES

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

STAR LETTER

THE MONTH NOVEMBER • Exhibitions of Fabergé at the V&A, Mark Hearld at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, plus a key house contents sale at auction, and antique firedogs

PRINCESS MARGARET’S BRACELET SELLS FOR £396,800

Behind the Scenes AT THE MUSEUM • Rachel Nott speaks to Miranda Garrett, curator of Tyntesfield, the National Trust’s Victorian Gothic Revival house in Somerset, about her favourite piece in the collection

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

ART BY BLAIR HUGHES-STANTON • William Summerfield, Roseberys

SHINY THINGS ANTIQUES • Shiny Things Antiques was founded by London couple Tessa Harris and Jakub Blackman earlier this year. Jakub tells us more about their business…

ANTIQUE CHINESE CERAMICS • Rufus Bird, Duke’s

Porcelain or Bone China • Never put antique porcelain or bone china into a dishwasher. If necessary, wipe it with a damp cloth or wash carefully in a bowl of lukewarm water instead

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

Meet the Celebrities • Once the recipe for porcelain was widely available, it was time for artists to shine, says Willa Latham

ALFRED NEWALL • The Sussex-based maker tells us about his distinctive hand-built collections, inspired by bobbin furniture of the past

Winter magic • Fill your home with the textures and subtle colours of the season by foraging for dried flowers, herbs and seedheads to create simple decorative touches

COMING NEXT ISSUE • December issue On sale Tuesday 23rd November

LIVING WITH ANTIQUES • Five fascinating and creative homes, from a detached 1970s house in Streatham with original features, to a 17th-century townhouse in Suffolk

ENTENTE Cordiale • Fran Fudge travels to France frequently, to source antiques for her 18th-century home in West Sussex and for her shop in picturesque Ardingly, which is nearby

Home of bright IDEAS • Antiques dealers Cathy and Peter Bullen saved their 17th-century Suffolk home from neglect, filling it with bright colours and an eclectic collection of art and fine furniture

A home with heart and soul • Thomas and Jennifer Dault’s restoration of a characterful Victorian house in Ontario, Canada, became a love letter to the treasured antiques they filled it with

Kaleidoscope LIVING • Rich colours and bold patterns enhance the original interiors of this one-off 1970s house, which Gillian and Richard Milner found just too unusual to resist

Gillian’s Little Black Book of FAVOURITE PLACES

Writer in Residence • Gifted to the National Trust, Rudyard Kipling’s secluded house in East Sussex forms part of the landscape, and remains as homely and inviting as when he and his family lived here at the height of his literary fame

ANTIQUES & COLLECTING • Collecting TEA CADDIES and BISCUIT TINS, advice from the EXPERTS, plus furnishing a BEDROOM for under £1,500

Fabric of life • Celia Rufey considers our renewed love for...