Lifestyle Archive
(August 2019)

28 August 2019

Old time radio

By William Gregory MRICS, Golding Young and Mawer. Bygone and ephemeral items from a previous age are a regular staple at auctions. Nostalgic reminders of childhood in items can evoke memories in all but the most focused auction goer – the radio or wireless is one such item. With its history dating back to the Read more…

Preview Evening for Summer of Ceramics

This season’s headlining exhibition at Doddington Hall opened with a Preview Evening for invited guests. Summer of Ceramics features contemporary artists and historic collections as well as major exhibitions, tours, talks and demonstrations which bring the house and its extraordinary collection to life. Summer of Ceramics runs until 8th September. A full events programme and Read more…

26 August 2019

Spacious, Wolds family home with tranquillity and technology

Southwold in the village of Keddington is a dream home created by the current owners. The contemporary property offers traditional build quality with breath-taking views and 21st century features. The house replaced a more modest property which once occupied the two thirds of an acre site. The current owners, Mr and Mrs Peter Stephenson, moved Read more…

The Heat Is On

High summer is the time to embrace outdoor living at Bells Gardening Outlet. Unique, British Made Fire Pits The range of Firepits UK hand-forged, outdoor cooking, BBQ and log burning fire pits make a show stopping piece for any patio space. Forged from mild steel in Britain, the range is designed for long-term durability. There Read more…

19 August 2019

High summer colour

Steffie Shields finds inspiration for an August palette from a hillside garden in Woolsthorpe. Is your garden looking weary, with boring patches, or spots of desiccation? Those lush, spring and early summer delights a distant memory? Are temperatures too extreme? Do you, and your all too ‘green rooms’, need a lift? One solution is to Read more…

A rustic, golden 21st century ‘pleasure ground’

Steffie Shields focuses on low maintenance shrubs for heart-warming autumn colour. Looking out of the family room at the small Indian bean tree, Catalpa bignonioides ‘Aurea’, known as ‘Golden Catalpa’, acts as a beacon on the greyest of days! Come early summer, an explosion of dramatic foliage makes a brilliant contrast to the darkening, copper Read more…

Breaking new ground

Steffie Shields talks to Nikki Applewhite, co-founder of G.R.O.W. a new charity to improve hospital grounds and make a difference for Lincolnshire patients. In December 2017, Emmy Shelton, working for garden designer Nikki Applewhite, came across a Twitter feed asking for local businesses to ‘adopt a garden’ at Grantham Hospital. As the New Year dawned, Read more…