Sophie joined the Ideal Home team as Gardens Editor in June 2024. After studying English at Royal Holloway, University of ...

If you have a small living room, a large or deep sofa can make it feel even smaller, swamping the room rather than enhancing ...

‘The entry door to the kitchen was moved to give sight lines from the front door to the garden. It also allowed for more ...

If you can't afford an expensive mattress, there are a few tricks that will help you recreate the feeling of one ...

When it comes to the best cleaning solution to get cat pee out of carpet, there are a few options. The experts recommend ...

Lights are an integral part of any Christmas tree and many of us will use the same set of lights for years. But when they break or need replacing, do you know how to get rid of christmas lights? Of ...

Named for the unique colour of its blue-green wavey leaves, the Blue Star ferns – also known by the Latin Phlebodium aureum – ...

Novice and seasoned gardeners alike know the importance of finding the best mulch for your garden and vegetable patches.

Once upon a lockdown, I accidentally signed up to a houseplant subscription service and couldn’t work out how to stop them arriving at my home in their droves – which means I’ve learned a lot about ...

Oak kitchens might have typically been associated with slightly dated interiors, but as we see more natural kitchen trends evolve in 2025, now is the time to bring this warm wood back into your ...