https://www.inigo.com/almanac The latest from the Inigo Almanac en-gb https://www.inigo.com/almanac/drawer-of-things-iv https://www.inigo.com/almanac/drawer-of-things-iv Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:41:07 GMT Riffling through the lost and found pile this month, we uncover a book we should have read a couple of decades ago, a collection of pretty shells, some objects found under the floorboards – and a(nother) reason to spend time in Suffolk this August … https://www.inigo.com/almanac/private-view-caple-ne-ferne https://www.inigo.com/almanac/private-view-caple-ne-ferne Tue, 14 Jul 2026 08:15:41 GMT Nine years ago, interior designer Scarlett Gowing and her husband Josh Holliday came across this  “diamond in the rough” minutes from the beach in St Leonards-on-Sea. Caple ne Ferne was a warren of badly converted rooms with a chequered past but Scarlett was able to see the bare-boned beauty beyond the decades of institutional revisions. Now, it is an elegant and capacious family home wrapped in light with space for bee-keeping, a grand piano and a Christmas tree of childhood dreams …  https://www.inigo.com/almanac/unlocked-leanne-kilroy-good-bones https://www.inigo.com/almanac/unlocked-leanne-kilroy-good-bones Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:28:38 GMT In the next instalment of Unlocked, interior designer Leanne Kilroy welcomes us into her Victorian home in north London, which she shares with her husband, three daughters and their cat, Cato. Once a boarding house, the home has been thoughtfully adapted for family life, its grand period features and proportions peppered with personal touches and endearing imperfections ... https://www.inigo.com/almanac/designers-toolbox-james-plumb https://www.inigo.com/almanac/designers-toolbox-james-plumb Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:04:53 GMT In the next instalment of our Designer’s Toolbox series, we asked James Russell and Hannah Plumb of James Plumb design studio to share some of the objects, concepts and spaces that define their working life. From scissors passed down through generations to the use of shadow, they give us a glimpse of their material – and immaterial – world … https://www.inigo.com/almanac/a-private-view-holly-bush-farm https://www.inigo.com/almanac/a-private-view-holly-bush-farm Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:01:22 GMT Positioned on the fringes of a pretty village in Suffolk, the Grade II-listed Holly Bush Farm – which is now for sale – has been the treasured home of the artist Helengai Harbottle and her husband, Gwilym, for almost 30 years. The house’s 400-year history and largely untouched period features are what initially drew the pair to it; traditional pamment tiles line the living room floor, and an original dog-leg staircase remains in situ. Over the years, the house and its verdant surroundings have served as an inspiration for Helengai’s art, a space to host open studios, and a bucolic bolthole far removed from the bustle of city life ... https://www.inigo.com/almanac/how-my-garden-grows-auriculas https://www.inigo.com/almanac/how-my-garden-grows-auriculas Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:27:00 GMT In the latest episode of the How My Garden Grows podcast, our host Francine visits Jane-Ann Walton's auricula-filled garden in Norfolk, where she learns more about this heart-stopping plant and its storied history https://www.inigo.com/almanac/drawer-of-things-iii https://www.inigo.com/almanac/drawer-of-things-iii Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:05:43 GMT It's time for another sifting through of invites, news, dates and shareable detritus. This month – to mark the imminent solstice – we have gone down a folkloric-shaped rabbit hole. Expect moons, mermen – and our very own Morris man ... https://www.inigo.com/almanac/homing-podcast-patrick-williams https://www.inigo.com/almanac/homing-podcast-patrick-williams Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:03:46 GMT “If you’re lucky enough to have had a very happy childhood, you want to revisit that as much as possible,” says the interior designer Patrick Williams. In the latest episode of the Homing podcast, Patrick shares the childhood story of the house his parents spent 20 years restoring in the south of France and how this defining experience went on to inspire his own creative philosophy. https://www.inigo.com/almanac/designers-toolbox-magda-gordon https://www.inigo.com/almanac/designers-toolbox-magda-gordon Fri, 22 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Magda Gordon’s rare talent is bettering nature which is why – for the next instalment of our Designer’s Toolbox series – we asked the decorative artist to share some of the treasured items that enable her to turn blank ceilings into baroque skies and bare walls into glowing red tortoiseshell ... https://www.inigo.com/almanac/a-private-view-camden-terrace https://www.inigo.com/almanac/a-private-view-camden-terrace Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:35:36 GMT Peering over Camden Square is Duncan Campbell and Luke Edward Hall’s marvellous and mellifluous home, a space that has served the two as an exploratory testing ground over the past two decades. Recently sold via Inigo, the multi-hyphenate artists-designers-writers reflect on their journey here, considering how the home stands as an evolution of their changing tastes, an embodiment of their treasure trove of references, and the perennial desire to find the perfect leopard-print carpet ... https://www.inigo.com/almanac/drawer-of-things-ii https://www.inigo.com/almanac/drawer-of-things-ii Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:02:24 GMT Welcome to Inigo’s second sifting through of invites, news, dates and shareable detritus. If you like, you can subscribe to our newsletter and have these delivered to your inbox every so often. Or you can peruse them here in our Almanac. This month we’re sharing a new exhibition, a new book and a brief history of sitting ... https://www.inigo.com/almanac/a-private-view-bryn-canaid https://www.inigo.com/almanac/a-private-view-bryn-canaid Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:40:45 GMT The poet Sean Swallow has been drawn to the Llŷn peninsula since he was a child. It is, he explains, a well-known “thin place,” a Celtic term that refers to those sites where the veil between this world and another begins to melt away. It’s also a land stitched together by stories. Here, Sean tells the tale of his time at Bryn Canaid – a sustaining and steadfast Welsh longhouse, now for sale ... https://www.inigo.com/almanac/homing-podcast-henry-holland https://www.inigo.com/almanac/homing-podcast-henry-holland Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:08:35 GMT “Home for me really is who’s there. Home for me right now is with my husband and my dog. And that can be anywhere,” explains the designer Henry Holland. In the latest episode of the Homing podcast, Henry welcomes Matt into his “house of two halves,” a characterful Victorian home which he and his partner David are in the process of renovating from the top down. Henry reflects on the evolution of his career, from fashion designer to ceramicist, and a life built on creativity intwined with fun … https://www.inigo.com/almanac/a-private-view-barming-place https://www.inigo.com/almanac/a-private-view-barming-place Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:00:23 GMT Built in the mid-18th century, the magnificent Barming Place has been the subject of a wholehearted renovation by its current custodians, the poet and artist Robert Montgomery, his wife and their three young children. As this singular, candy-coloured family home comes to market, Robert reflects on the beauty of Barming's Georgian bones, the “almost orchestral” quality of light that defines it, and its pervading atmosphere of joy and wonder ... https://www.inigo.com/almanac/romantic-regency-homes https://www.inigo.com/almanac/romantic-regency-homes Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:38:08 GMT From the latest fairytale romances in Bridgerton, to Emerald Fennell’s disobedient Wuthering Heights, in recent months our screens have been filled with exquisite Regency interiors and architecture. Be it a grand country retreat or a distinguished city apartment, these exceptional homes should give you something to swoon over ... https://www.inigo.com/almanac/a-private-view-kerris-chapel-penzance https://www.inigo.com/almanac/a-private-view-kerris-chapel-penzance Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:25:28 GMT In the summer of 1959, Mark Rothko decided to go on a jolly. Tired of toiling over what would become known as his Seagram murals and eager for new vistas to lift his spirits, he and his family boarded the USS Constitution for an eight-day journey to Italy, Paris and England, where they would stay with painters he knew: William Scott in Somerset, and Peter Lanyon in St Ives. And that is how this most famous of New York artists found himself enjoying lunch one day, in the front garden of a former Methodist chapel in west Cornwall. This was Kerris Old Chapel, the former home of the celebrated painter, Paul Feiler, which is now for sale ... https://www.inigo.com/almanac/homing-podcast-maria-balshaw https://www.inigo.com/almanac/homing-podcast-maria-balshaw Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:28:47 GMT “Home isn’t about the furnishings or the rooms. It’s about the people that inhabit it and the love that is exchanged and made and fought over and found,” says Maria Balshaw, the director of Tate. In the latest instalment of the Homing podcast, she welcomes Matt into her “incongruously put together” home in Kent – its 14th-century core embraced by Georgian and more contemporary additions. Filled with mementos representing “the history of a life with art,” Maria reflects on her forever home ... https://www.inigo.com/almanac/designers-toolbox-patrick-williams-berdoulat https://www.inigo.com/almanac/designers-toolbox-patrick-williams-berdoulat Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT In the latest edition of our Designers’ Toolbox series, we asked Patrick Williams, founder of the architectural design practice Berdoulat and author of The House Rules, to share some of the tools of his trade that define his daily life and work. From the perfect pot of glue to a little-known antiques emporium in deepest Gascony, he names the makers, products, places – and pastries – that lift his working life ... https://www.inigo.com/almanac/drawer-of-things-i https://www.inigo.com/almanac/drawer-of-things-i Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:57:25 GMT Every once in a while, we like to rifle through some of the bookmarked snippets that have piqued our interest recently. If you like, you can subscribe to our newsletter and have these delivered to your inbox every so often. Or you can peruse them here in our Almanac. This month we’re sharing the story of a woman who moved her house brick by brick, as well as a first look at Edward Bulmer’s new natural paint collection https://www.inigo.com/almanac/outbuildings-studios-barns https://www.inigo.com/almanac/outbuildings-studios-barns Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:24:36 GMT Outbuildings have an uncanny ability to open up a realm of possibilities – space to think, make, work or play. From the depths of the countryside to the capital, these homes come with a host of ancillary barns, studios and outbuildings that are waiting to accommodate all manner of hitherto unrealised hobbies or happenings ...