A letter from home

One of the fascinating things about our homes, is that they are never ‘complete.’ Homes evolve as we do. We adapt how they function to suit our changing lifestyles, along with how we choose to decorate and what we surround ourselves with. At The English Home, we’ve always believed that this incremental approach is one that creates a uniquely personal, meaningful and comfortable British home.

It’s at this time of year we are often tempted to refresh interiors – it’s the perfect time to have a clear out and spring clean, rediscover or give prominence to what we have perhaps overlooked, and make changes to enhance all that we love about our homes. In this issue, we’ve focused on the power of print, pattern and colour to do just that.

Wallpaper and fabrics can instantly add a new vibrancy to interiors in a relatively cost-effective way and the new season collections present plenty of new options in playful designs and scales along with recoloured, classic motifs. Why not revitalise a kitchen by adding wallpaper to it for the first time in its recent history? Use a pretty toile de Jouy to add a scenic panorama to a bedroom? Or envelop a room in print by papering the ceiling for impact? This issue provides plenty of decorating ideas and expert know-how, as well as some enjoyable insights into the history of decorative styles. There’s much to discover, such as ways to add borders to add zip to a room or highlight its architectural details.

Spring is also the perfect time to focus on the garden, plan a luxurious English escape or indulge in seasonal projects, all of which you’ll find explored in our Living The Season section. We hope our pages provide you with plenty of temptation!

Samantha Scott-Jeffries, Editor