Articles by Kate Burt

“We didn’t want to create something that really stood out,” says Ellen Sacks-Jones, the architect who designed this beautiful outbuilding at the end of her clients’ property. It was important that when the owners — or their neighbors — would look out …

There were many design challenges to overcome to create this lush, inviting and secluded urban yard — chiefly, its shape; the yard forms a perimeter around almost the entire detached house. “The plot comprised a number of unconnected zones: a narrow f…

Landscape designer Georgia Lindsay’s clients had seen a project of hers on Houzz with similarities to their own tricky plot, and got in touch to see if she could help them. That other yard also…

“It’s a long, thin garden, as with many London Victorian houses,” designer Simon Orchard says of his clients’ outside space. “These gardens can be tricky to deal with, as your eye is drawn to the end.” Orchard’s solution? An offset design, meaning the…

When landscape designer Ed Oddy met the owners of this large property in Surrey, England, they’d already lived in the house for quite a few years, and the garden was mature. “The trouble was, it was a garden that had been added to piecemeal over time …

The owner of this backyard works full time and wanted something fairly low-maintenance but pretty. “She’s keen on entertaining and likes to sit in the garden in the evening with a glass of wine,” landscape designer Tom Howard says.

Are there some types of storage that designers always like to include in their bathroom designs? If so, why? We spoke with Karen Knox of Making Spaces, Ana Rezende and Neil Curtis of Ripples…

Where should you put the tiles in your bathroom? All over? Just around the shower? On a sloping ceiling? Amid the array of choices to be made when renovating a bathroom, this is one of those that could really affect the cost of your project, since til…

A design incorporating the principles of biophilia (love of nature) was at the heart of this north London kitchen addition, particularly the desire to increase daylight and connect the new room to the backyard. The aim was to replace a falling-down 19…

Because kitchens are such functional rooms, it’s important to ensure that their livability doesn’t get left behind. Talk to your kitchen designer at the planning stage about character and warmth. What will make your kitchen homey to you? It might just…