Country Living UK

Whether you live in the town or countryside, in Country Living you’ll find a wealth of ideas for your home and garden, learn about traditional crafts, keep informed of rural issues, enjoy irresistible dishes using seasonal produce and, above all, escape the stress and strain of modern-day life.

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Country Living UK

THE SHOCK OF THE NEW • Bold colours, bright patterns, modern art and a dramatic glass addition to a Victorian farmhouse in Wales demonstrate how well old and new can unite

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HEAD FOR THE HILLS • With countryside views of Tuscany, a restored and remodelled granary is the perfect rural bolthole

LISA OMMANNEY

BACK TO BASICS • Photographer Kalle Gustafsson has found the ideal escape from his busy life in a secluded summerhouse among the pines of the Stockholm archipelago

DESIGN FOR LOVING • A 1970s “upside-down” house built into a hillside in a picturesque Buckinghamshire village has been brought well into the 21st century

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX • In the shadow of the Groot Drakenstein mountains in South Africa, the spectacular backdrop surrounding this cube-shaped building with a burgeoning garden and nursery was created from an inaccessible strip of land by one horticultural couple

TY SYML

THE DARK SIDE • An eye for craftsmanship, innovative materials and ingeniously configured spaces means this self-built bolthole in the Welsh Borders is big on design details despite its small footprint

THE GOOD LIFE • A picturesque historic farm in a fruit-growing centre of Belgium has been carefully restored and turned into a gastronomic inn served by its own produce

CELIA DOWSON

SACRED SPACES • Nadia Vimercati reconfigured a deconsecrated chapel near Portofino in Italy with interiors that combine spare and warm decoration

ESCAPE ROOMS • Living in this spacious wood-clad house, which is strongly connected to its landscaped garden and natural swimming pond, makes its owners feel as if they are forever on holiday

HELEN YARDLEY

CULTURE CLASH • Fashion designer, painter and serial house renovator, Malene Birger mixes old and new in a strong and seemingly effortless way. Her latest creation, a Mallorcan finca, is testament to her skill

SAFARI CHIC • Taking camping to another level, entrepreneur Tim Ingham’s luxury modular canvas structures draw inspiration from African textiles and colourful contemporary design

SOUL MINING • A late medieval miner’s cottage in the Austrian Alps has been saved, meticulously preserving its integrity while giving it a top environmental rating

EASTERN PROMISE • A recently built home in the Netherlands finds its design inspiration from the owners’ love of Bali

AIDAN DONOVAN

RISING STAR • With spectacular views out across the landscape of Victoria, Australia, this 160-year-old barn, rescued from Indiana in the US and rebuilt meticulously timber by timber, has been given a new lease of life

THE BIG REVEAL • Uncovering the bare bones of a Mallorcan farmhouse has brought back its bucolic beauty and revived the earthy rusticity