The living room was white and had unattractive woodchip wallpaper,” Claudia says. While she liked the brightness of the room, ...

The size, climate and balling geological complexity of the British Isles have influenced national taste, too. The latter has given us a fabulous range of building materials so marvellously described ...

Simply combine a 50/50 mixture of paint and water for a whitewash effect that still allows some wooden texture to show ...