Be Inspired - Traditional

Are you interested in traditional and period home style? If you're looking for ideas and inspiration when renovating or restoring your home or creating a new period style property you've come to the right place. This area of homebuilding.co.uk includes real-life projects, product ideas, new building techniques and practical guides to help you to bring traditional style to life in your building project.

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interiors

Style Specifics - Fireplaces

Style Specifics - Fireplaces

An at-a-glance guide to fireplace design styles. The fireplace has been a prominent interior feature ever since man discovered fire. With the advent of central heating a few millenia later, the fire is no longer such a vital part of a home, but a well thought out fireplace design can really pull together a room and create a vital focal point. Here, H&R looks at different styles of fireplace, to help you decide what suits your room.

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buyer's guides

Toilets

Toilets

You might need more than three loos in your new home, so you may as well make them stylish. Here's a selection of the latest porcelain thrones available.

 

Fire Surrounds

Fire Surrounds

A buyer's guide to fire surrounds including surrounds in stone and metal, as well as wall mounted surrounds. Contemporary and minimalistic or traditional and ornate — no home is complete without one.

 

Cooker Hoods

Cooker Hoods

Style and function go hand-in-hand with these eye-catching models. A range of cooker hoods to suit all kitchen types, budgets and requirements.

 

Patio Doors

Patio Doors

Blur the boundaries between inside and out with these patio doors. A range of patio doors, bi-folding doors and folding sliding doors for all styles and price ranges.

 
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