House and Garden March 2021

House & Garden unlocks the door to an array of unique homes and outdoor features, ranging from town houses and converted barns to fabulous modern apartments and island retreats. Outdoor features are equally varied, including cottage gardens, water gardens and chic, city courtyards. House & Garden provides an invaluable sourcebook of ideas, from design and decoration to the best of travel, delicious recipes and fine wine. Britain’s most glamorous, inspiring and influential design and decoration magazine.

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CONTRIBUTORS

SOPHIE ASHBY / INTERIOR DESIGNER When Sophie founded Studio Ashby in 2014, she fulfilled an ambition held since the age of 16, after a childhood spent moving house and rearranging her bedrooms. Following a stint with Victoria Fairfax, she started taking on her own clients and now has a 12-strong team of designers and directors, who work on commercial and residential projects. Art has always been a focal point of her interiors and the London house featured in this issue (from page 98) is no exception. Alongside fellow interior designer Alex Dauley, Sophie recently launched United in Design – an initiative that aims to open up and diversify the design world, with plans to fund scholarships and apprenticeships for less well represented demographics. What do you like to do when not working? ‘I…

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FROM THE EDITOR

You will notice that things look a bit different when you read this March issue. In the same way that spending more time at home over the past 12 months has meant we have all found things we want to change, the House & Garden team and I have had a chance to rethink the pages of the magazine a little. What we have realised is that, just as with many a room, a small change can go a long way. And so we have made some subtle tweaks – particularly in the first part of the magazine – and I hope that you like the results. First up is our Decorate section (from page 21), House & Garden’s take on decoration right now – both the useful and the inspirational.…

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DECORATE

Notebook

PIXELATE IMAGING; EGON GADE PHOTOGRAPHY…

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DECORATE

Just add water

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DECORATE

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DECORATE

ABOVE & BEYOND

A striking chimneypiece area is not just about a WELLARRANGED MANTELPIECE – the wall above is a great place to DISPLAY YOUR TREASURES, on PLINTHS, for example. One option is to put together A COLLECTION OF RELATED OBJECTS and these do not all have to be priceless works of art. Or make a statement by choosing a SINGLE PIECE FOR IMPACT and use COLOUR AND PATTERN on the walls to bring it to life…

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