Wellies & Wax Jackets
Country life isn't all roaring fires and roses round the door. It's wet boots in the hallway, something bubbling on the stove, a dog asleep in the wrong place and knowing where the torch is when the power goes off. This is the useful, beautiful and occasionally muddy business of making a life at home.
Seasonal living · October
The first proper cold evening changes a house. Boots gather by the door, blankets come back downstairs and suddenly lighting the fire feels entirely reasonable.
Read the story →At home in the country
Practical rooms, old houses, useful ideas and the things that make home feel better rather than simply look better.
At home → 02The small rituals that make sense as the year turns — from first fires and open windows to preserving, planting and preparing.
Follow the seasons → 03Useful skills, sensible traditions and bits of country knowledge worth keeping around.
Learn something useful →From the country
Home & season
There comes a point every autumn when the house quietly rearranges itself. Summer things disappear, boots multiply by the door and the good blanket migrates permanently to the sofa.
Read more →People & places
The people, businesses and places keeping rural Britain interesting.