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  • John Lewis x Collagerie.

    Come together: 14 of the best homeware collabs for autumn

  • An illustration of a woman with a storage box under her arm facing a mountain of clutter, books, hairdriers, a lampshade, etc, etc

    The cult of storage: is tidying really the fast track to a happier, healthier life?

    Clutter and chaos can have all kinds of effects, from decreased productivity to a compulsion to eat unhealthily. So is it time we became hotel managers of our own homes?
  • A central staircase fills the house with light.

    Beneath the surface: the stories in an artist’s Belgian home

    Every object in this stunning art-filled townhouse in Antwerp has a meaning
  • Mistakes cover WEB

    ​​Experts on 15 common mistakes we make, from skipping painting prep to encouraging bad habits in a puppy

  • Composite featuring empty beauty products, a cracked bowl, sneakers, a couch, a toaster and a tote bag

    Frayed cables and yellow pillows: how to fix, reuse or ditch 12 confusing kinds of household clutter

  • The Cottages<br>Liz &amp; Roger Pickett

    From henhouse to family home: a thatched cottage in Ireland

  • Kalanchoe Marmorata Cactus: penwiper plant

    Houseplant of the week: penwiper plant

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Gardens

  • low sun on late blooms and seedheads around lawn

    I love gazing at my garden as summer melds into autumn. Then I start to plan

    The hard work of summer is over and I can reflect on the season’s surprises, and failures
  • Large weeping fig in black pot

    Houseplant of the week: weeping fig

  • A lithograph of the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, in 1851.

    Crystal Palace’s radical gardeners

  • And so farewell, it’s time to say goodbye to my gardening column

  • Pickle that can bring peace at Christmas

  • Gather round: how modern urbanites can safely forage wild plants and reduce their food footprint

  • Absolutely wasted: the inner-city garden using food scraps to create top grade soil

  • 10 of the best gardens to visit around the UK

  • ‘It all felt new and exciting’: Observer Magazine writers share their memories

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Pictures & video

  • Visitors holding umbrellas or in raincoats with hoods up stand at the other side of a rope that separates them from a garden at the show

    A hardy bunch: visitors at wet Chelsea flower show – in pictures

    Torrential rain did not stop garden lovers – or Guardian photographer Sarah Lee – from enjoying the 2024 Chelsea flower show on Wednesday
  • Fish River House in Mount Olive, NSW

    Australia’s best new sustainable homes of 2024 – in pictures

  • Derek Jarman’s home at Dungeness

    Prospect Cottage: Derek Jarman’s seaside home – in pictures

  • Tube table lamp

    Light of my life: best new table lamps – in pictures

  • Wisteria-clad Grasmere House

    Homes for sale in England with great gardens for spring – in pictures

  • Eclectic Candle Holders

    Colourful glass furniture from vases to lampshades – in pictures

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