The sociology of sofas

What your home says about you: patchwork

Homes in store

The grandest B&B in Britain

Sumptuously decorated and embellished with eccentric touches, 40 Winks is designer David Carter’s East End homage to fin-de-siècle...

The top high street looks for your home this spring

Major stores have been unveiling their interior ranges for spring 2010. Fans of minimalism and neutrals should brace themselves

How to create eco chic look

Get the know-how on buying green for your home

Architects: Catch a rising star

Foster and Rogers might still be out of reach, but this is a great time to hire an exciting architect, as Kenny Schachter found out

The next Versace

Giles Hattersley meets Francesca, a young designer whose low-key interiors would probably shock her uncle Gianni

Boutique hotel design that travels to America

New York’s Crosby Street is the latest trendsetting hostelry to be created by inspirational Brits Tim and Kit Kemp

The simple life

When designer Rosie Simmons moved from London to the depths of West Sussex, it was to a modest wood and corrugated iron property that had been in her...

Homes in store

This week's hottest interiors buys

The sociology of sofas

What your home says about you. This week: the world of leather

A school for simplicity

One Chelsea designer has succeeded in turning Mock Tudor from trad to cool

Alex Polizzi: Under new management

TV’s Hotel Inspector isn’t afraid to voice her opinions – as her husband discovered when she set her sights on his home

Interiors: Wet and wild

Banish boring beige from your bathroom with the latest tiles in quirky patterns, graphics and rainbow shades

The sociology of sofas

Filling the vacuum

Homes: in store

Small is beautiful

Artists Peter Ting and Brian Kennedy have transformed their customised flat in South London into a gallery of classic and contemporary pieces

Renovating on the cheap: Worth every penny

Rosie Millard has already done up one wreck in north London. Now she’s hoping to repeat the process – for £100,000 less