Period Living

Period Living is Britain's best-selling period homes magazine, offering inspiration, ideas and advice on all aspects of owning an older property. Discover beautiful real homes and gardens to inspire you, insight into the latest decorating trends and interior products that work with a traditional property, guidance from experts on maintaining and improving your home, and lifestyle features with a nostalgic focus. If you appreciate the timeless elegance and original character of old homes updated for modern life, Period Living is the magazine for you.

Editor’s Letter

Period Living

The journal • This month, invest in a drinks trolley for party hosting, shop for the perfect sofa, make your own natural candles and decorate with updated heritage prints and new paint colours

Meet the maker • TEXTILE DESIGNER HARRIET GRIST, FOUNDER OF CHICKPEA

ALL FIRED UP • Celebrate the beauty of handmade with our spotlight on some of the best independent potters who bring clay to life in their characterful tableware pieces

HOMES & DECORATING

FLEECE OFFERING • Sustainable, strong and used in homes for hundreds of years, wool is a natural choice for cosy and timeless interiors – from practical, super-soft plains to playful plaids

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Open house • Reimagining their family home in the country, Ellie and Paul Davis introduced light, space and a growing collection of antique furniture and accessories to add character

A floral celebration • Antiques, florals and Eastern influences meet festive sparkle in Jade Oliver’s Bristol home, where she has created a magical, lived-in wonder brimming with warmth

Layers of tradition • Rebecca and Matthew Roundell Jones’s 19th-century home is full of glimpses of the past, making it the perfect place to celebrate Christmas and New Year

New Year nostalgia • Janne and Knut Audun Askland are the fifth generation to live in this old farmhouse, and their painstaking restoration honours its historic character

All is white • With curated vintage pieces, twinkly lights and foliage foraged from the nearby woodland, Lois Cox transforms her serene family home with captivating festive charm

ON SALE NOW • Filled with beautiful period homes to inspire your own festive looks

DESIGN & RENOVATION

Return to character • After two extensions and structural changes to her home, Sharon Hornsby set out to design a kitchen that brought long-lost heritage charm back to the 1920s lodge

Handle with care • Whether you’re hunting for the finishing touches for a new kitchen or are looking to refresh existing cabinetry, upgrading the hardware is a small change that will make a big difference

Fine dining • Set the stage for delicious family dinners and evenings spent entertaining friends, with a dining space that is made to be seen and enjoyed

ROOM ESSENTIALS • Dress your dining space to impress with these table essentials that will make entertaining family and friends feel even more special

House journal

First impressions • The front door is one of the most important purchases for your home, so look for a sensitive, yet durable, design that will protect your home and enhance kerb appeal

Hearth to hearth • Add character, charm and value to a period property by opening up a fireplace, whether to reveal a long-hidden original or create a new feature, guided by our expert’s advice

New Year refresh • Bring a new lease of life to those tired or overlooked corners of your home with these easy updates, DIY installations and decorating ideas

Decorative plasterwork • Reinstate lost ceiling roses, cornicing and coving and return a sense of heritage and architectural character to your home with this...