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The homes edit: 10 of the best pieces for your summer table – in picturesSet the perfect pastel summer table -
‘We are the custodians’: how a vicar and his wife made a vicarage their homeThe current tenants of this east London vicarage have filled it with stylish flourishes on the smallest of budgets
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If I lived in that house: my addiction to the fantasy of online real estateIn the midst of peak moving season, Melody Warnick ponders her obsession with real estate websites that are constructed to elicit desire for a new reality -
The 10 best outdoor chairs – in picturesHead to the garden with these hardy outdoor chairs (brolly optional)
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What is it like to flat-share in your 40s, 50s and 60s?More middle-aged people are renting rooms in shared properties. But living with tenants half your age can have its pros and cons …
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Gardens: is it a blackberry, is it a raspberry?It’s a super black raspberry, sweet and scented and it’s good for you
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Howzat! Homes overlooking cricket grounds – in picturesHere’s our pick of homes for cricket fans, with one next to the Oval in London
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In a glass of its own: a greenhouse for a home – in picturesSurround yourself with lush gardens in this 19th-century glasshouse converted for contemporary living
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Summer houses – in picturesFrom Scotland to the Algarve, escape from the daily grind and unwind in a home from home
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Homes for £250,000 – in picturesYour budget will stretch to a spacious property in Cumbria or part of an old mill in Oxfordshire
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Live life king size in this palatial home in Catalonia, Spain – in picturesIt dates back to 11th century, has connections with royalty and Napolean Bonaparte, and comes with its own private chapel, courtyards and gardens
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Let’s move to Beccles, Suffolk: ‘It’s peacock-eats-peacock here’Like most towns hugging the Broads, it’s wild in tooth, claw and iridescent feather
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Let’s move to Paisley, Renfrewshire: the tumbleweed townMonuments fit for a king, columns, pediments, spires and turrets … but where are the people, asks Tom Dyckhoff
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Let’s move to Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire: it’s enemy territoryThis is mostly a land where Boris Johnson is default
Coastal drift: secrets of an Oregon beach retreat