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Eleanor Cording-Booth

Eleanor Cording-Booth has been writing about design for House & Garden since 2021. She realised homeware is where the heart is after buying a Terence Conran book during fresher's week and having a lightbulb moment right there in TK Maxx. Shortly after graduating with a fashion degree that she'd never use, Eleanor left her native Yorkshire and moved to London, armed with too many opinions on how things look and the goal of working for a magazine one day. With no journalistic training or knowledge of the publishing world, she was cushioned by the infallible optimism that only comes with youth and naivety.

After a meandering career path via writing for an online travel agency, selling vintage furniture, launching a best-selling lampshade, conducting viewings for an estate agent, styling photoshoots and sourcing homeware for designers, Eleanor’s eye for interiors – and excessive screen time – led to a weekly shopping column in the Evening Standard. Although she now spends her days schlepping a laptop around various coffee shops, writing about design and lifestyle for titles including Cabana Magazine and British Vogue, she maintains that House & Garden was always the dream gig (and she’s not just being polite in the third person).

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Christmas Decorating

Eight clever ways to decorate for Christmas when you have no space for a tree

You can deck the halls beautifully for Christmas, even if a tree is out of the question
Decoration

The micro-trends we’re seeing everywhere this year

From made-to-measure upholstery to jewel-studded kettles, these are some of the decorative accents we’ve seen and loved in 2025

Why grey is (actually) one of the most interesting colours, and how to use it

Brown is dominating interiors, so is cool-toned grey out of favour in 2025, or does it still work? In short, yes, but it’s all about finding the right shade
Decoration

How to make a radiator look good: seven solutions for unsightly heating

A big chunk of metal affixed to the wall would rarely be high up on any designer’s wish list – so how to incorporate a radiator into an interior with taste and panache?
Shopping

36 furniture stores in the UK for stylish house shopping

Shopping online for furniture can be tricky, after all, there are so many unknowns. To help you avoid post-purchase disappointment, we have rounded up the best online furniture stores in the UK in 2025

An exceptional barn conversion in Cornwall, renovated slowly and full of interesting antiques

When vintage-loving interior designer Hannah Yeomans moved from Bath to Cornwall with her family, it led to a new venture as a holiday cottage owner, and four years (so far) of DIY

Why it's so much fun to keep moving things around in your house

Eleanor Cording-Booth explains why she can’t stop moving things around (and why the coffee table and shelf styling will never be finished)
Top of the Shops

How to buy rugs on Etsy: the styles, shops and sellers to look for

Etsy is a treasure trove for rug shoppers but the choice can be overwhelming – our guide breaks down what to search for and what to consider when choosing between thousands of styles on the shopping marketplace

The best Christmas movies for interiors lovers

The Christmas classics on Netflix, Prime, Disney and more that we watch and re-watch year after year – not just for the feel-good plots and reassuring happy endings, but for the interiors, too.

Brown is the colour of the moment: this is how to use it

Love it or loathe it, brown is the style set’s colour du jour, but how to decorate with it?

Why are we so fascinated by seeing how other people live?

A psychologist explains why we can’t stop looking at – and judging – the homes of others

Why moving back can be harder than moving away

Moving away takes courage but what about the challenges that come with returning to a place you used to know? Seven people share their own experience

A 500-year-old house in the South of France, filled with English-inspired decoration

The sensitive four-year renovation of La Maison de Frédéric – an archetypal village house in the Provençal Gard region – has created a characterful, luxurious holiday home for design lovers

Easy tips to increase the kerb appeal of your house

What’s on the outside does matter. These are the elements that will make all the difference to that first impression…

Five things we never expected to come back into style, but they did

And this is how to make them work in your home

77 useful hacks to make ordinary tasks at home feel easier

Handy cleaning, storage and organisation tricks to try around the house (the things you wish you’d known about before now)

All about hand block printing and where to buy the best examples

Hand block printing is thousands of years old but it never goes out of style: we choose the best pieces for all budgets

How to make your interiors look cohesive when you own a hodgepodge of things

You can create an intentional and balanced look even when you’re drawn to lots of different styles and nothing feels like it belongs together. This is how the experts do it
Decoration

How to make a TV look good in your living room

When celebrating well-designed interiors, the humble television doesn’t often get a look in. Whether you’re looking for ways to hide a TV entirely or stylish TV stand suggestions to make it look less of an eyesore, we’ve got a solution

Where to go for a weekend break if you love interiors

Plotting a design-led break away from the capital? This is where to stay, where to shop and what to eat within reach of London
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