Dan Bristow is the London-based garden designer behind Propagating Dan. This year will mark his debut at the Chelsea Flower Show – his Garden of Potential counts amongst its influences Icelandic meadows, the Buddhist concept of oneness and Snowdonian boulders. An enthusiastic plant hunter, in the last five years Dan ... Read More »
In a London flat designed by Max Rollitt, the large dining room window overlooks a garden square. A galleon-shape, Thirties chandelier adds humour to the design and establishes a nautical theme that is continued with blue walls. [Source:- House] Read More »
Make gorgeous flower arrangements with a ready supply of beautiful blooms from your own flower garden. The key to a great cutting garden is to have plants flowering throughout the year, and that takes a bit of planning, especially when space is limited. The easiest way to do this is ... Read More »
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR One winning project and two runners up in each of these two categories. Period home: Enter this is you’ve renovated whole or part of a house built up to and including 1929. Modern or new-build home: Enter this if you’ve revamped whole or part of a ... Read More »
HIGH-RISE LIVING These innovative apartments include a flexible layout with sliding doors, which open and close-off the spaces to give either a flowing layout or a more private arrangement of rooms. There is a wide central corridor with a large window at the end, which makes the home feel spacious ... Read More »
NEAT AND SLEEK This house is one module wide, to give a space-saving, narrow footprint with an option of three or four-storeys. The design have large glass walls to the rear and secure frontages. GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR TOTAL AREA – Three Storeys…..116.8m2/1,257ft2 TOTAL AREA – ... Read More »
TALL ORDER This contemporary, three-storey home is perfect for a plot where space is limited. It is designed to be paired, so on a tight urban site there is room for car parking around a central yard or car port. This layout allows the front door to be located in ... Read More »
TAKING THE FIRST STEP It’s that exciting time when you’re ready to step onto the first rung of the property ladder. Most first-time buyers will opt for a flat for pricing reasons, but with the House Beautiful Homes Cherry design you could have a one-bedroom house. And it’s no ordinary ... Read More »
MOVING ON UP You’ve outgrown your starter home and need space for children and all the toys, extra furniture and paraphernalia that are part of the package. The three-bedroom Maple from the House Beautiful Homes collection has plenty of family living space. The stunning double-height entrance hall has a large ... Read More »
LIVING SIDE BY SIDE The changing shape of family life – boomerang kids, living with elderly parents or taking in lodgers – means modern homes have to work hard. The Rowan design from the House Beautiful Homes collection has the ideal layout to accommodate multi-generational living. It has three separate ... Read More »
ACHIEVING THE ULTIMATE Perhaps your family is expanding or you’re running a business from home – or maybe you just want the ultimate hi-spec house? The Mulberry is the largest of all the homes in the House Beautiful Homes collection, with four bedrooms and a home office/play area upstairs, plus ... Read More »
Welcome to House Beautiful Homes, an exciting new concept in construction and design. Stylish, spacious, modern and thoughtfully designed, House Beautiful Homes is a premier collection of custom-built homes manufactured off site using state-of-the-art modular construction techniques. Reflecting the changing patterns of family life, the House Beautiful Homes designs include ... Read More »
