As the beauty of spring is flowering in our gardens with colorful new blooms popping up every week, @rachelbullgardens shows us how to bring a sprinkle of that spring magic into our homes. Want your ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Everyone gets worked up about how much you can tell from a bookshelf, but of all the areas of a home, the ...

Nothing is cozier than a crackling fire on a winter's day. Though this might not sound as appealing mid-June, good mantelpiece styling can create the same effect year-round, without the heat. Mia ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I think our mantelpiece needs a splash of colour. Any advice would be most welcome. A fireplace is often a ...

Photographer Madeleine Waller focuses on the treasured objects that people choose to display in their homes and the stories they tell. Bolton residents talk to her about the meanings behind their ...

YOU CAN REUPHOLSTER the furniture or change the drapes, but if you truly want to transform a room, consider replacing a routine mantelpiece with a unique antique one. "The mantel is really a key ...

When interior designer Heidi Pribell spotted a dust-covered mantelpiece in the basement of a client’s newly purchased home, it was the start of a long relationship. The ornate white marble mantelpiece ...

Today, a new exhibition launches at the Photographers' Gallery in London, based on a social research project that began in the 1930s. Mass Observation asked people to respond to a given topic with the ...

Rachel Hurdley takes a look at the mantelpiece and how its development reflects changes in society. What do the objects we put on them reveal about us and how we wish to be seen? Show more Run your ...

After decades on the table, flower arrangements return to an alternative place of prominence. By Lindsay Talbot THOUGH HUMANS HAVE been lighting fires inside dwellings (before houses, caves) for many ...

Deck the halls with boughs of holly? If you must, but mantelpieces are where it is at this year. Cheryl had one and so did Mariah Carey. Ivanka Trump decided to go completely wild and did hers with ...