Greenwich: the new Olympic Royal Borough
Greenwich is celebrating the summer's Games with spectacular pageantry — and unlocking a bend in the Thames to offer riverside homes with views of the festivities.
Property insider: Camden
Camden offers canalside living in a range of converted period warehouses; first-time buyer studio flats and roomy Victorian family terrace homes. We take a tour of NW1's colourful streets and get the property lowdown.
Spotlight on Stoke Newington
Steeped in history and with a new rail link to the City, “Stokey” is raising its game for home buyers. The mainly Victorian housing stock attracts young professionals and families, who also enjoy the neighbourhood's arty and bohemian vibe.
Commuter watch - Chelmsford
With just over half an hour's train time into Liverpool Street, Chelmsford offers the best of both worlds. Now a £1 billion scheme will give Chelmsford's Beaulieu Park 3,600 new homes to add to the town's desirability.
Steal the style: tibits
In our new series, we visit some of the capital's most striking spaces and show how to get a similar look without breaking the bank. First up is vegetarian restaurant tibits in Heddon Street, where glamour comes with the meat-free menu.
Find a rated tradesman
Want to add value to your property, make your house a home, or sell your place fast? With 1,000s of tradesmen nationwide, rated and recommended by previous customers, this is the smart way to find a reputable tradesman.
Buy of the week: Primrose Hill
This plush flat minutes from Primrose Hill village and Regent’s Park has high-end details which include a bespoke German kitchen, an open-plan reception/dining space and a bedroom with clever storage. Priced at £735,000.
Swap of the week: Odiham
Heavenly views of Odiham’s ancient church in Hampshire come with this £750,000 beauty set just off the high street. It offers 2,000sq ft of space, four bedrooms, three reception rooms and kitchen with an Aga.
Life-changer: Shaldon, Devon
Reduced by £100,000 (now £750,000), this waterfront home overlooking the Teign Estuary, in Shaldon has gorgeous water views from the big windows in all four bedrooms and the open-plan living area. Heaps of B&B potential here.
Spotlight on Stoke Newington
Steeped in history and with a new rail link to the City, “Stokey” is raising its game for home buyers. The mainly Victorian housing stock attracts young professionals and families, who also enjoy the neighbourhood's arty and bohemian vibe.
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Design news
By Katie Law
Design-savvy summer sale
Lollipop Shoppe
It may be based in Brighton, but this showroom, owned by trendsetting couple Marco Di Rienzo and Siobhan Trewick, also has a brilliant website with a fast delivery service aimed at design-savvy Londoners in a hurry.
Top buys in the summer sale include the Eames aluminium group chair 125 and ottoman down from £2,676 to £1,338, the Arne Jacobsen Swan chair (right) from £2,073 to £1,244 and Marcel Breuer Laccio coffee tables down from £708 to £283.
The sale ends 15 August; visit www.thelollipopshoppe.co.uk.
What a chic
The French House
The latest catalogue evokes the spirit of meandering through France in search of original artisan wares, for which this boutique mail order company is famous.
Fanciful photographs depict lovely new products, including these distressed earthenware vases (£42.50), and urns (£37.50), plus brass wall lanterns against old limestone walls, red and white linen/cotton mix table runners on garden tables.
Visit www.thefrenchhouse.net or call 02380 248868.
Shop and save on our website
Homesandproperty.co.uk with Mydeco.com
Our website, has launched a fabulous new shop in conjunction with upmarket online e-tailer www.mydeco.com, packed with more than two million products from 900-plus retailers, ranging from high-street favourites, such as John Lewis and M&S, to designers, such as Atelier Abigail Ahern and Andrew Martin.
To celebrate the launch, interiors specialist Graham & Green is offering 25 per cent off its full range. To claim, visit the shop and enter promotional code M9MDE at the check out.
Early doors
Christie’s
Billed as the ultimate warehouse sale, this auction offers 500 lots from the warehouses and homes of four leading decorators and dealers: Robert Kime, Piers von Westenholz, David Bedale and James Graham-Stewart.
Furniture, paintings and garden statuary amassed from grand country house sales over 30 years are selling on 8 July. Star lots include a pair of distressed Ottoman green-painted doors (left, £800-£1,500), and prints by Ben Nicholson, Henry Moore and others.
Viewing from this Saturday. Christie’s South Kensington, 85 Old Brompton Road, SW3 (020 7930 6074).
Bring on the breeze
American Fan Company
Stay cool in retro style with The American Fan Company’s Rockefeller retro portable fan.
It has three speeds and will be just as happy sitting on the desk as on the floor, and it comes in red, black and blue at £218 from www.americanfan.co.uk, or call 0870 803 4025 for stockists.
The company is giving away two fans to two lucky readers.
Enter here
before 23:59 on 15 July 2009.Usual promotion rules
Curtains for you
Natural Curtain Co
Voile and sheer curtains are the perfect choice for summer windows when it’s warm enough to keep them open, and you want diffused light while keeping your privacy.
Belgian linen company Belgico has produced a range of made-to-measure sheer curtains in simple striped designs or neutrals, which will take between two and four weeks to be delivered and cost from around £200 a pair (0845 5000 400; www.naturalcurtaincompany.co.uk).
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