Journal

Open HouseA home counties treasure by master of materials Michael Manser, now for sale

An artist-curator couple on their surprising choice to leave the walls of their mid-century marvel bare

February 7th, 2024

How an unloved Eric Lyons house converted Shaun Betteridge from mid-century novice to modernist neophyte

January 9th, 2024

How a love of Japan and the 1970s shaped Sherrill Smith’s Hackney home

October 26th, 2023

Interior designer Sam Buckley on life in full colour at his apartment in Edinburgh

September 4th, 2023

How artists Amy Dennis and Neville Rae built a home in which their family and practices could grow side by side

August 7th, 2023

One couple on the pleasure of perfectly restoring their mid-century home in Essex

July 17th, 2023

Henry Thorold and Jess Ayers’ remarkable railway cottage conversion in north London

June 27th, 2023

How Mabel Law and Andrew Tam transformed a modest flat into a space-maximising maisonette in Walthamstow

May 22nd, 2023

Mia Castenskjold and Stefan Zschernitz’s self-built sanctuary in Hackney

May 9th, 2023

How Emile Jones built a functional and fluid home in a 1950s block in Peckham

February 20th, 2023

Architects Man Luo and Yuyan Zhang on revamping their Victorian home in Forest Gate, east London

January 10th, 2023

Antique dealer Janice Mills on breathing new life into an old cob house in Dorset

November 21st, 2022

How architect Richard Prest and curator Katharina Worf crafted a flexible family home in Leyton, east London

September 12th, 2022

How music shapes the Ibizan-inspired Hackney home of Jodie Nicholson – plus, she shares a summer playlist

July 20th, 2022

Fred and Laura Ingrams’ extraordinary barn conversion in the Norfolk countryside – and what they plan to do next

July 19th, 2022

Olivia Crawford, an architect and interior designer, reflects on creating her first home to share with her sister in north London

July 12th, 2022

How architect James Dowen tackled the challenges of renovating a Victorian family home in Peckham, south-east London

July 7th, 2022

Joy Nazzari and Rob Brown on 14 transformative years at their family home in the Kent countryside

July 5th, 2022

Holly Allenby, Head of Marketing at The Modern House, experiences our selling process first-hand with her Hackney Wick home

June 20th, 2022

Nick and Sophie Raven on the value of honest materials at their mid-century home in Feock, Cornwall

June 16th, 2022