Times Property (2025)

24/12/2024

Cork checkerboard floors, bespoke lights and a 99p blue vintage loo from eBay: Jess Alavi-Ellis gives us a knitty-gritty account of her recent loft extension in the north London home she shares with her husband, Darius. Despite unforeseen delays (and overshooting the budget) the resultant loft is a triumph — all the more impressive given Jess has navigated much of it while clutching a newborn and looking after a toddler.

It’s opinion-dividing for sure, from the blue sanitaryware in the shower room to painting the woodwork in the bedroom in brownish red called Samurai by , but Jess has tons of tips for creating a characterful space within a budget.

Highlights include the XL picture window overlooking the back garden; the silvery bathroom cabinet designed by Alavi-Ellis in collaboration with Joe Ellwood, of , which is going to be available to buy in the new year, and the hand-painted Horsemen wall lights — another collab, this time with Tbilisi-based ceramicist .

🔗 Tap the link in bio for the full loft low-down

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23/12/2024

Scottish style is basking in the design spotlight.
Beyond the kilts appearing on the catwalks of Emilia Wickstead and Burberry, the style set are loving the fashion label ’s plaid-tastic patterns and the sell-out tartan scarfs by the Scandi brands and , while the interiors crowd rave about the King’s go-to designer ’s vivid takes on tartan in his fabric collection collaboration for , the Scottish textile firm.

🔗 Tap the link in bio for ’s tips on weaving tartan into a design scheme

20/12/2024

Shaun Rankin is in charge of his own restaurant at Grantley Hall, the glamorous North Yorkshire hotel and spa. However, at home in a honey-hued Wensleydale village the Michelin-starred chef is happy filing kitchen odds and ends into plastic drawer tidies and dousing pans in a baby bath-sized underslung stainless-steel sink. The sink was a non-negotiable for washing his collection of “at least ten” chopping boards, he says.

Rankin moved into the four-bedroom farmhouse at the head of the village green nine months ago with his partner, Melanie Jackson, but how did the couple reach a harmonious kitchen planning decision?

🔗 Tap the link in bio for the full kitchen lowdown in today’s

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17/12/2024

PhD student Jade Cuttle enjoys the slower pace of life with widower Frank Walker, 90, in Cambridgeshire; he embraces her youthful vitality and makes every effort not to be a “bad landlord”.

🔗 Tap the link in our bio to read each side of this story

13/12/2024

The holy grail of a home makeover is adding value to your most significant investment while tailoring it to meet your family’s needs. The interior designer Rukmini Patel increased the value of one client’s property — a four-bedroom Edwardian home in Stratford-upon-Avon — by 60 per cent. The property was bought in 2019 for £470,000 by a professional couple with two children under five. Recent valuations have averaged £750,000.

🔗 Tap the link in our bio to find out how Rukmini added £280,000 in value to the property — without adding rooms

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13/12/2024

Pantone’s Color of the Year 2025 is Mocha Mousse, “a warming, brown hue imbued with richness.” And here’s the bombshell, says interiors editor , it’s pretty nice.

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09/12/2024

Christmas decoration junkies are out in force this year, with many retailers reporting bauble buyers embracing the festive spirit earlier than ever. So what’s hot this year? Many of this season’s bestselling accessories take cues from satirical Instagram accounts such as and , which poke fun at London’s nu-hipster elite. For instance at the retailer Selfridges, this year’s customer favourites include a festive riff of the hipster’s favourite posh crisp brand, Torres, (£20) as well as an £18 “picante” chilli margarita glass. Big bows have been trending in the fashion world for some time, popularised by the labels Sandy Liang and Simone Rocha, but now the aesthetic has filtered through to Christmas decor too. The designer has wrapped up her fireplace in a bow, using repurposed fabric, for a dramatic take on the look (pictured).

🔗 Link in bio for more on Christmas 2024’s top decor trends

07/11/2024

“I’ve thought a lot about what makes an Italian house Italian, and I have a few theories,” writes Laura May Todd in her new book, Italian Interiors: Rooms with a View. “An Italian house is one that lives in harmony with history, whose objects and furnishings speak to the ideas and passions of its occupants; it is a space that — despite the preciousness of the objects that reside within — is intentionally configured to welcome others inside.

“In my view, an Italian house exhibits an unwavering fidelity to personal vision. It is the expression of a point of view, a vision for the future and a thesis for how to live.

“Italy is a country that forces you to live with its history, and most of the homes you see here reside in structures that were built decades or, more often, centuries ago.”

🔗 Click the link in our bio to read an extract of Laura May Todd’s beautiful book on Italian interiors

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03/11/2024

‘We’ve finished filming, but we’re not selling the château’. In today’s The Sunday Times, Escape to the Château’s Dick Strawbridge has an update on his huge task of renovating their 45-room French pile — and why he and his family have no plans to downsize.

🔗 Click the link our in bio to read the latest from .dick

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02/11/2024

Take a good look at the second-oldest building (after the medieval castle) in the market town of Barnard Castle — where Dominic Cummings famously tested his eyesight — Blagraves is a grade I listed 15th-century home with three bedrooms upstairs and a ground floor that was previously used as a café and antiques shop. The home’s intact period features include 17th-century bay windows, Tudor plastering and 18th-century staircases and fireplaces. It’s on the market with .house

🔗 Click the link in our bio for ’s round up of best homes for sale in the UK this week — the list also includes an award-winning modern mansion in Merseyside, and a cedar-clad four-bedroom getaway in North Cornwall.
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01/11/2024

Modern living is a constant battle against the proliferation of stuff — but there’s help at hand. has asked the experts to share their 12 best-kept decluttering secrets:

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🔗 Click the link in our bio for their top tips on dealing with domestic chaos.

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01/11/2024

The six contenders for the annual House of the Year award have been announced by the Royal Institute of British Architects (). The finalists showcase the best in architect-designed homes in both urban and rural settings. Which one do you think deserves to win?

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27/09/2024

In the mid-1980s two young families arrived at an unconventional housing solution: to buy a dilapidated country pile that would have been out of reach for each individually. The couples lived in the same bohemian neighbourhood of Bristol, with a gaggle of seven children under the age of six between them, but craving more space, the idea to sell their townhouses and club together to buy a larger place had taken root with both families.

The answer came in the form of Chelvey Court: a gorgeous but semi-derelict, ten-bedroom Jacobean house in the village of Backwell, ten miles southwest of Bristol. The 11,000 sq ft pad had more than enough space to house both their families, so they embarked on a sympathetic restoration, creating a clever layout with a feeling of complete privacy which meant they could share the space successfully for 40 years without ever feeling in each other’s pockets.

As the couples decide to sell their magnificent combined home, Victoria Brzezinski hears the full story of Chelvey Court.

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17/09/2024

Going to London Design Festival this week? Visiting the shows in the 11 design districts at LDF is thirsty (and hungry) work, so has a round up 40 great places to eat and drink in the city, from secret basement bars to pop-ups and restaurants with £1 oyster happy hours.

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5) — a Polish classic in a South Kensington townhouse
6) , the first permanent spot from siblings and , in Shoreditch, with interiors by 📷
7) in E17, sharing a space with , London’s only craft denim factory 📷
8) SE1’s superlative Sri Lankan restaurant from chef .uma
9) Red Room, a cocktail haunt inside on Carlos Place, for drinks and haute snacks beside a pink onyx bar
10) Lyonnaise specialities at on the Fulham Road, from and

For the full list of 40 London hotspots (including .bakery .london and much more) click the link in our bio.

13/09/2024

It’s here! Our insider’s guide to London Design Festival 2024 is out today. In today we round-up of the best events and shows to catch this year; hot shopping tips in the capital, the up-and-coming talent to know now and the most delicious spots to eat and drink in London’s 11 design districts — plus much more.

🔗 Tap the link in our bio for our insider’s guide to this year’s LDF, which runs until September 22.

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10/09/2024

London Design Festival is back. The annual extravaganza of largely free — yes, free! — installations, workshops and exhibitions is always something to celebrate. There are more than 300 events at this year’s LDF (14-22 September), from art trails to immersive installations, pop-up shops to workshops. A few require advance booking. Whatever your budget or taste, whether your interest is AI, the circular economy or the science of sleep, prepare to fall in love with London all over again.

🔗 Tap the link in our bio for the 24 must-see shows this year.

03/09/2024

One recent interiors collaboration crossing countries is between the eco-paintmaker Graphenstone and Kate Watson-Smyth, the writer behind the interiors blog Mad About the House. She has been renovating a 24-room, 300-year-old villa in Piedmont, northwest Italy, and co-developed a palette called the Italian Collection. The 12 shades, based on those in her own home, include Gelato (a blush pink) and Barolo (wine red). Watson-Smyth has also designed a co-ordinating collection of handmade tiles for Maitland & Poate.

“I felt it was time to show eco-friendly sustainable products in strong colours. So much of what is out there feels a little beige and brown and not luxurious; [this] was a chance to show how colourful and beautiful sustainability can be,” Watson-Smyth says.

For more, click the link in our bio for ’s round up of the best collaborations out now.

02/09/2024

Brutal and beautiful, this one-bedroom flat is on the second floor of the Barbican’s grade II* listed Ben Jonson House. Light pours through the south-facing sliding doors into the open-plan living room/kitchen — it’s on the market for £535,000 with .

Click the link in our bio for ’s round up of best homes for sale in the UK this week — the list includes a cute New Forest cottage and a Georgian gem in Stamford with gardens designed by .guinness.
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