Lifestyle Archive
(March 2017)

1 March 2017

Tailor-made home in the Wolds

Previous experience of renovation projects in the Cotswolds gave Lynn and John Hatch the confidence to take on a handsome but dilapidated period property in Binbrook. It wasn’t love at first sight according to Lynn: “Although we were attracted to the double fronted red brick house, we dismissed it numerous times before arranging a viewing, Read more…

March idols

Steffie Shields explores gateways, garden ornaments and the new ‘Layers of Landscape’ Project. March has arrived, long-awaited gateway to spring! Let’s emerge from winter hibernation and seek excitement, fresh air and fitness at the first sprinkling of pale pink winter blossom, carmine flowering currant and delicate, lemon-yellow forsythia and mahonia. Limey-yellow hazel catkins hang like Read more…

The 19th-century nursing chair

The nineteenth-century nursing chair is one of the more regular inclusions within Collective Auction sales. It must be a reflection of its importance and popularity within its age that so many were produced, and still survive today. The style of a low upholstered open chair allowed a Victorian mother to nurse or breastfeed her baby Read more…

Coral Creations

Soft and feminine coral shades feature on the catwalks this spring and summer. Team with tee and faded jeans for a perfect beachcomer look. Invest in statement jewellery, flats or heels and summer skirts and jackets can take you from poolside to supper date in the blink of an eye.