House Beautiful UK

House Beautiful is your one-stop shop for classic decorating looks, with regular and comprehensive colour-scheming pages and a wide range of shopping suggestions for those special details that make a difference. With real reader homes from around the UK - ranging from comfortable country style to the chic city look – House Beautiful provides inspiration and practical advice whatever your decorating tastes. Plus, expert advice on everything from choosing the right mortgage to finding your perfect property.

The joy of summer

House Beautiful UK

Get involved • FIND OUT HOW TO JOIN THE WORLD OF HOUSE BEAUTIFUL – AND GET IN TOUCH

WHAT’S HOT Bauhaus brights • Exhibit your artistic side with primary colours and sculptural shapes

now & next • THE 10 NEW THINGS WE THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT

Style • DREAMY INSPIRATION, HOW-TOS AND BRILLIANT BUYS

MAKE THE TROPICAL TREND WORK IN YOUR HOME • Love this year’s hot tropics trend but not sure if you could live with it? Worry not as here we’ll show you how to take the vibrant colours, lively patterns and exotic blooms that scream summer and make them work in your space with a few natural finishes and textured layers. It’s totally tropical and seriously liveable…

Get the tropical look • Feeling all Club Tropicana? Fun and sunshine, there’s enough (stylish buys here) for everyone

dreaming of SUMMER • As the temperature rises, create a breezy bedroom with lightweight textiles and gentle colours – a word of warning: you may never want to get out of bed again

MASTER THE ART OF TABLESCAPING WHATEVER YOUR STYLE • The key to a dinner party – whether inside or out – that everyone will remember (good food aside)? It’s actually all about the tablescape – and this year, there are plenty of stylish trends to choose from. Here’s our pick of the hottest looks – you can go all out or just add in a few extravagant touches – and we guarantee it’ll take your party game to a whole new level. The weather, unfortunately, is out of our control

ALFRESCO KIT • Sun’s out, outdoor living is in – so whatever your garden has on its agenda this summer (whether cooking, entertaining or just relaxing), you’ll find everything you need right here

DITS Y FLORALS • Flowers are a perennial catwalk trend, but the moody blooms of past seasons are making way for ditsy prints, small-scale motifs and micro florals. Sow the seed for the look at home with furniture and accessories blossoming with mini blooms that are just the right side of kitsch

WHY EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE… Falcon enamelware • Each month, the HB team picks a design classic we think you’ll love forever – this time, our style and interiors editor James Cunningham is in the kitchen

How to COLLECT & DISPLAY ART • Our columnist Sophie Robinson is no stranger to the ‘more is more’ approach, but where art is concerned, how do you make different pieces work together? Here, she lets you into the secrets of curating a gallery wall that you’ll be proud to exhibit

Homes • BEAUTIFUL REAL-LIFE PROPERTIES AND AMAZING MAKEOVERS YOU’LL LOVE

AN ITALIAN FARMHOUSE WITH A MODERN RUSTIC VIBE • Seeking an escape from their busy city lives, a creative couple turned to the sun-drenched Puglia region of Italy, where they transformed an abandoned farmhouse into a cool and stylish home perfect for relaxed family living

Get the look • Emulate Olenka’s Mediterranean sanctuary with rustic touches and natural textures

THE SMART FAMILY HOME WITH SPACE FOR EVERYONE • A move from a tiny London flat to the outskirts of the city offered one family a fresh start and the room to create a vibrant and lively home that has been carefully designed to work for the way they live

Get the look • Be inspired by Delphine and...