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  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    European prime property
    Hot property: five homes for sale in Brittany, France

    From an eight-bedroom château with views of the River Aven to a property by Port de Ros Bras with a helipad and mooring for a boat

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    North American prime property
    Southern Bronx’s luxury property influx threatens a tight-knit community

    Locals fear that the 5,000 new units aimed at high earners will disrupt the area’s character and demographics

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    Neal Hudson
    Why buying a flat might not be such a good idea

    In England, buying a flat used to be an effective stepping stone to buying a house — it doesn’t work like that anymore

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Residential
    Five of the best homes for sale in the Alps

    Prime property in Europe’s largest mountain range

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Residential
    The contemporary California cabin that uses reflectivity to merge into the desert landscape and keep cool inside

    Remarkable artistic retreat in Joshua Tree National Park has walls made of Solarcool glass that offer panoramic views without absorbing heat

  • Sunday, 15 May, 2022
    How To Spend It
    The gallerist who took a ceramics class – and joined the sculpture club

    For Nicola Tassie and Rowena Morgan-Cox, it’s all about blurring the boundaries of the fine and decorative arts

  • Saturday, 14 May, 2022
    What colour do you paint a château? Reimagining the palette of the past

    Interior designer Tim Gosling recreated historical hues for the restoration of his Normandy property

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Gardens
    Buy your bedding plants early but put them in the ground late 

    It’s smart to beat the spring shopping surge — just remember there can be frosts until June

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Jonathan Guthrie
    Slime against humanity: snails and slugs are the gardener’s scourge

    But control them in an environmentally friendly way — and acknowledge that molluscs also have their merits

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Marianna Giusti
    The global rental squeeze — FT readers respond

    What’s causing the global rental squeeze? FT readers share their concerns, and solutions, to ever-increasing prices

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Architecture
    The secret history of the women designers behind cherished buildings

    They have been downplayed in the past but an exhibition at London’s Riba puts them in the spotlight

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    FT SeriesThe interiors edit
    Sleeping giants: bedroom furnishings

    Create a sanctuary with this selection of calming and stylish wares

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    FT SeriesThe home in 50 objects from around the world
    The home in 50 objects from around the world #29: the sliding bookcase

    Along with secret doors, these are common in country houses and spy films — but one has a very dark history

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Interiors
    Tuft love: tactile, textured rugs that are practically 3D

    In subdued or Technicolor tones, they blur the lines between art and craft

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Gardens
    Right on Kew: plants that tackle our throwaway food culture

    A programme at the botanical gardens focuses on shifting attitudes and growing vegetables sustainably

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    UK property
    The big skies of North Norfolk have big house prices to match

    Since the start of the pandemic, homebuyers have descended on the peaceful English region, making it much less affordable

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Lauren Indvik
    London’s housing market is making us buyers do irrational things

    Lack of supply leads house-hunters to write heart-rending sob stories and offer outrageous amounts above the asking price

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    North American prime property
    Hot property: five homes for sale in upstate New York

    From a log house in the forest to a Modernist masterpiece on the Hudson River

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Residential
    Fantasy home: the Baltic island retreat that also seduced Ingmar Bergman

    A summer house on the harsh landscape of Fårö would offer our writer a dramatic sense of isolation 

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Residential
    Interiors expert Louisa Grey on how to embrace salutogenic design  

    The right products and materials can improve health by enhancing feelings of contentment and positivity

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    Robin Lane Fox
    The ‘Henley Matterhorn’ and other eccentric English gardens

    A new book divulges grottoes, toy hermits and a ‘parlour of Venus’ of questionable taste

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    FT SeriesThe home in 50 objects from around the world
    The home in 50 objects from around the world #28: the air-conditioning unit

    It has come to feel like a human right for many, but its shiver-inducing caress was slow to catch on in the home

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    Gardens
    Outdoor lighting, seen in a new light

    How to illuminate a garden at night without confusing and disrupting wildlife

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    Luke Edward Hall
    Where to buy art when you can’t afford a Bronzino

    There are plenty of wonderful things in small galleries or websites — just avoid cheap reproductions

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    Interiors
    The surprises and seductions of London Craft Week

    In its eighth edition, the show highlights the sustainable, the traditional — and the weird and wonderful

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