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Make it your own
A new collaboration between Thomas Sanderson and Harlequin offers more than 120 fabrics including velvets, soft linens and delicate embroideries, enabling you to create a bespoke finish for your windows. The range includes stunning curtains, roman blinds and cushions.
Curtains in Flores Rust, prices start at £461 (W127cm x D137cm), thomas-sanderson.co.uk
WARM UP ACT
Warm colours impart a sense of cosy pleasure even on the greyest of days. Piling up layers of wool rugs in winter was a device used by generations who lived without central heating. This gorgeous thing is a hand-woven Native American Navajo rug dating to the 1900s, which we certainly wouldn’t be prepared to layer rugs on top of.
Dazzler £3,112, wildeones.com
LIGHT FANTASTIC
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة November 2019 من Hertfordshire Life.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة November 2019 من Hertfordshire Life.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك? تسجيل الدخول
Explosive history
With bonfire night this month, author Harry Smee recounts the explosive story of his family’s firework company, Brock’s, creators of wonders and war-changing weapons
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A Day In The Life Of... A Jewellery Designer
Laurie McGrath, senior designer at Harriet Kelsall bespoke jewellery in Halls Green, gives an insight into her working day
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Sniffig out clues in THE ASHES
Meet the fire investigation dogs securing convictions against arsonists and murderers who otherwise may go free
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The greatest traveller
Exploring ancient civilisations and rising powers, Violet CressyMarcks became the most travelled woman of her age. Fifty years after her death we look at her incredible life
Return of the Queen of Romance
Twenty years after the death of record-breaking novelist Dame Barbara Cartland, Gillian Thornton talks passions, plots and a new audience with her son at the family home in Essendon
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In bed with CELEBS
Marking its 70th year, Welham Green soft furnishings company Ashley Wilde has grown from a pile-it-high, sell-it-cheap business into an industry leader with A-list partnerships
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Roam with a view
We may not have coastline or mountains, but Herts has beautiful views all the same, if you know where to look
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Saving Mrs Tiggy-Winkle
The secret life of a much-loved British mammal and simple steps we can take at home to stop its extinction
A walk down Surreal Street
Paul Crowley draws on his graphic designer’s eye to capture scenes from the country to the street, all tinged with surreality
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5 minutes with
Carole Spiers, Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce member and founder of International Stress Awareness Week