Period Living

Period Living is Britain's best-selling period homes magazine, offering inspiration, ideas and advice on all aspects of owning an older property. Discover beautiful real homes and gardens to inspire you, insight into the latest decorating trends and interior products that work with a traditional property, guidance from experts on maintaining and improving your home, and lifestyle features with a nostalgic focus. If you appreciate the timeless elegance and original character of old homes updated for modern life, Period Living is the magazine for you.

Editor's Letter

The journal • This festive season, embrace vintage-inspired prints, get creative with your tablescape and make your own Christmas wreath from foraged foliage

Meet the maker

DAILY DELIGHT

HOMES & DECORATING

Keeping traditions

GET THE LOOK

Present perfect

Farmhouse festivities

A country celebration

Magic touch

Setting the scene

Deck the Tree

JOKING ASIDE

ON THE SHELF

Birds of a feather • Enjoy mindful moments crafting your own festive decorations to hang from the tree, add as stocking fillers, or use for individual table place settings for guests to keep and cherish

Nesting instinct

ROOM ESSENTIALS

DESIGN & RENOVATION

Comfort and joy

House journal

Home on the range • A definitive part of the traditional kitchen, range cookers are loved for their timeless look; however, there is so much more to this classic oven than just aesthetics

Dress for dinner • Create a showstopping table setting for the celebrations and a memorable meal for all with these ideas for pretty embellishments and accessories

GARDENS & LIFESTYLE

Natural embellishments

Gathered glory

WINTER WONDERS • Rather than left to sleep, gardens can offer a wonderful array of flowers, form and fragrance during the colder months through a careful selection of plants and shrubs, says Ned Lomax, National Trust head gardener at Bodnant Garden in Conwy, Wales

A RATE OF KNOTS • Drawing on the skill of tying sailing loops, passed down through generations of her family, Emma Parrott crafts beautiful rope wreaths to embellish home interiors

Antiques journal

Screen Star • Alice Roberton explores the history and enduring appeal of fire screens, from fireside essential to decorative statement, and explains how to make them work in today’s homes

Highclere Castle • With a story that takes you from ancient Egypt to primetime television, step inside the real-life Downton Abbey and immerse yourself in the magic of Christmas

The joy of cooking

My favourite room