Reclaim

Reclaim celebrates creative and conscious homes and lifestyle, and how vintage, upcycled, preloved, salvage and eco choices can inspire every space. Each issue is brimming with characterful home tours, artists, craftspeople and makers, original styling and design ideas, easy upcycling projects and expert insights from our columnists. Anchored in a British aesthetic, Reclaim leads the way in giving you the power to renovate, decorate and style your home sustainably, while reflecting your own taste and personality.

Welcome

Reclaim

EXPRESS YOURSELF • Open your home to making memories and connecting with loved ones

New & noted

Behind the brand • Rebecca Cooper launched fragrance and beauty brand Polly Dryden last year, with a focus on natural ingredients and sustainability

Indie interiors • Micaela celebrates the season with gorgeous hand-picked gifts and products

Icon Tom Smith crackers • Inspired by pretty wrapped sweets in Parisian patisseries, this Victorian tradition has now become an essential part of the festive celebrations

IN THE WORKSHOP • Carmen Gameson, director and company secretary of Thomas Gameson & Sons, explains how re-tinning copper pans helps them to remain treasured family heirlooms

Come on in You're invited to… • Tim Sidford’s creative and captivating festive home ✷ Dawn Contreras’s intriguing seasonal style ✷ Nina Ward’s Cumbrian Christmas

MORRIS MAGIC • Celebrating 11 years of lovingly restoring their period home in the Malvern Hills, Tim Sidford and his partner Daniel Botting have created an inviting Christmas that pays homage to their love of William Morris designs and flea-market finds

Christmas traditions

Perfectly imperfect

Creative homage

Home for the holidays • Dawn Contreras has created an interior that showcases her talent for reclaiming items - a layered space that truly comes alive at Christmas when adorned with vintage and handmade decorations

A CUMBRIAN CHRISTMAS • Ward's storied Lake District home shines this season, wrapped in nature's bounty and timeworn pieces

Get the look • Incorporate Nina's romantic period scheme with your own twist

Design directions • Laura Jane reveals how to create the ultimate nostalgic, no-holds-barred kitsch Christmas

Creative freedom • Have the confidence to break the rules, challenge convention and cross the borders of ‘tasteful’. Follow your heart to create unique living spaces you’ll love, especially at this time of year

PAINT NOTEBOOK • Reflect the season’s mood in your home all year round with shades of ice and earth

Style &vintage • Put time aside for a little crafting and making, to create a truly unique Christmas

Transform • Love upcycling your vintage finds? Stay one step ahead with our round-up of the latest news and products

Upcycler profile • Insider tips and tricks from those in the know

Reclaim Creative • Professional upcycler Marcie K shares her tips on how to create unique and artistic homeware and accessories with pieces you already own, preloved, found and vintage items

Create your own project with Guild Lane

The good life • An Aussie, Banjo is learning to lean into a northern hemisphere Christmas – but minus the tinsel!

SPIRIT OF SALVAGE • Here we salute the people, yards, products and places that make the UK salvage scene thrive

Reclaimed home • We ask the experts for practical advice on using salvaged materials in your property

GREEN & GLEAM • Look to the wild for inspiration, and add a festive metallic glow-up to foraged finds

SEASON'S GREETINGS • Using scavenged paint and scrap paper, Victoria Whitlam creates designs inspired by nature,...