Period Living

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Simple pleasures

As the days get warmer, venture outside to enjoy lunch in the fresh spring air. The White Company has everything you need for a calm, natural celebration, from crisp white linen tablecloths, from £75, and gingham napkins, £25 for 4, to its seagrass woven placemats, £16 for 2, and bottle holder, £25.

TALENT SPOT

Drawing on her passion for historic homes and the stories they have to tell, illustrator Kate Highmore creates beautiful house portraits for proud owners to cherish. ‘The first property I bought was a beautiful apartment in a Victorian villa

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