I need to smarten up my bathroom, and thought that as the sink and bath are in good condition I’d just replace the taps. However, what should be a straightforward trip to the local DIY store or plumbers’ merchant is proving more complicated – fashion seems to have changed and brass taps are now scarce.

It has taken 11 years for Sophie Pither and Jez Lazell’s dreams for a small cottage near Lake of Menteith to be realised. Now they have a large family home

When Robert Gillan walked into this Georgian house in Edinburgh, he knew it had the ingredients to make a beautiful home

Fresh from renovating her own house, TV presenter Amanda Lamb admits she still can’t resist looking in estate agents’ windows

THIS chilly weather is putting me behind schedule on all of my attempts at home – and garden – improvements. I still can’t use the decluttered sunroom because it is doing a better impression of a fridge than our kitchen appliance, which has been on its last legs for years.

SERENDIPITY is how Pauline Brotherton explains finding Cleish Mill eight years ago.

BANK holidays always seem to throw our household off balance.

Dave Hall and Alida Biagi look at each other quizzically and wonder why they didn’t get stressed out during the two-year creation of their new home.

John Kingsley and his wife Moya Cove knew they’d found their ideal home when they stepped into this Edwardian tenement in Glasgow’s West End

ARRIVING at Fiona McNeil and Stuart Agnew’s home in Edinburgh’s Murrayfield area, the first feature that strikes you when walking into the hallway is the scale and the light.

AS THE sun shone last weekend, our garden was plunged back into life with toys lugged from the garage and the trampoline forced with squeaky protest back into action.

Magazines remain a favourite source of inspiration for the home decorator and using these to compile a mood board is a helpful – and enjoyable – exercise.

I am looking for a high-back, wing chair for my living room. My style is a mix of modern and vintage furniture, but I would like something that will work as a focal piece. Says, D Johnston