Before you donate that old sideboard or armchair, check this list – some vintage IKEA pieces are now coveted collectables!

There’s no doubt Crittall is having a moment – and has been for a while. Here's everything you need to know about the brand & its history. Feature Julian Owen There’s no doubt Crittall is having a ...

A true ‘Cockney’, it is said, is someone who was born within the sound of the bells of St Mary-leBow church in east London. If a factory can be called a Cockney, then the Bow Porcelain Factory ...

Sculpture was seen as the most important art of the Victorian age – there was sculpture on buildings, sculpture in parks, sculpture everywhere, and Parian brought public sculpture to private interiors ...

Once porcelain became available, it quickly replaced the use of wax and sugar, allowing the production of figures that could be used again and again. At fashionable 18th-century dinner parties, the ...

Originally created to embellish landscaped grounds surrounding royal palaces and chateaux, parterres have remained one of the most enduring of all garden styles. The individual elements of a ...

An elegant square-rigged sailing ship – the ‘Frieda’ – glides majestically into port, past rows of colourful cottages perched on the cliffs around the harbour. Her sails are down and there’s a small ...

Made for show rather than practicality, mercury glass, ‘poor man’s silver’, or silvered glass as it is more accurately termed, usually has nothing to do with mercury, and varies in quality from ...

We all know that horrible sinking feeling when your favourite bowl or mug hits the floor. The crack of ceramic on tile is one we all dread. But what if there were a way of repairing broken ceramic and ...

A skilfully painted nesting bird in jewel colours perches daintily on a tree, surrounded by dark purple bell-shaped flowers that glitter with inlaid mother-of-pearl shards. This beautiful design ...

Ancient Greek city states are thought to have had distinctly different approaches when it came to visitors announcing their arrival. While Spartans would advertise their presence at the door with a ...

Among the many beautiful homes featured in Jenny Rose-Innes’s new book, The Nature of Decorating, is the dreamy antiques and plant-filled Cotswold home of design legend Cath Kidston. We take a peek ...