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Unique Homestays´ interior trends for 2025
We set out our interior design trends for 2025—from homes whose touchpoints transport us right back to grandma´s house to the comeback of curated clutter.
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Britain´s best cabins to rent
With the season of storm-watching and marshmallow-toasting just around the corner, we uncover some of our favourite coastal and countryside cabins to rent in the UK.
The art of tablescaping
Taking inspiration from the spring florals framing the modern- luxe event barn at Anthology Farm. We delve into the task of making pins a reality with the art of tablescaping.
Top interior trends for 2024
Nostalgic homes inspired by grandma’s kitchen rub shoulders with well-journeyed dwellings that embrace the essence of far-flung climes in our 2024 interior trend report.
From 17th century farmhouse to modern masterpiece; a look inside The Dancer´s Room
We speak with owner, Nick, who tells us of The Dancer´s Room´s transformation to a townhouse-under-thatch, along with all the reasons he loves his Oxfordshire escape.
Unique Homestays partners with Bert & May at Suki
We speak to founder of artisan, luxury tile company, Bert & May, deep-diving into the brand´s history, ideology and curated collection of one-of-a-kind tiles.
Unique Homestays x TOAST
Unique Homestays joins forces with TOAST on an interior collaboration at Cornish engine house turned luxury homestay, The Stack.
Unique Homestays partners with The White Company
The White Company partners with Unique Homestays to launch an experiential holiday cottage in a first-of-its-kind collaboration for the luxury British brands. Think signature fragrances and glossy earthenware wrapped up in cob walls.
Interior design trends for 2021
Consider calming and joyful schemes with a back-to-nature edge when it comes to breathing a new lease of life into your interior scheme this year. Property Curator Jess shares five interior design trends for 2021.
An exclusive look into Alba Beach House´s interiors
Far-removed from the nautical-but-nice blue stripes of the traditional coastal home, laid-back living is wholeheartedly embraced at Alba Beach House. Here, Property Curator Jess Clark shares how she achieved its unique coastal aesthetic.
The heart of the home: five retreats warmed by Agas
Whether you´re looking to add some warmth to your abode this season or are planning to hibernate in one of ours, we round up five Unique Homestays where, with the help of these Agas, the kitchen really is the heart of the home.
Out of office
As the nation holes up and more of us work from home, we share seven unique living spaces to inspire your at-home office.
Bold, Evocative and Alive
Discussing her style, painting techniques and what inspired her to become an artist, we sit down with Sophie Fraser, whose work turns heads in our modern Devonshire homestay, Linea.
Christmas Styling Trends for 2019
Get your hands dirty when it comes to creating a festive flavour this year. A back-to-nature scheme is a way to create an authentic winter-wonderland look, so to spark inspiration, we share our top trends for styling your homes this Christmas.
The Circle Contemporary Artists Behind our Properties
When the perfect piece of artwork is found, it lends a focal point to extraordinary spaces. We share the artists behind pieces used in Linea, The Hide and The Stack and their inspiration.
Haute Bohemian
The bohemians of the 70s channelled freedom and hope into their interiors and, following a revival on the catwalk last year, the era is making a firm come-back in high-end homeware. No avocado bathroom suites here though; think soft curves, lustrous velvets and big on botanicals.
Modern Feminine
This year we’re seeing fresh feminine hues and soft fabrics bring a touch of woman to our homes; where once there was grey is now emblazoned with floral prints, where there was navy is now pastel in shade.
Joules Christmas Photoshoot at Wishbone
Set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Wishbone ensured that it was the perfect backdrop to host a traditional Yuletide. With its rustic charm, bucolic style and roaring log burner there truly is nowhere better to host a small intimate Christmas.
Decorating Your Home For Christmas
From twinkling fairy lights to festive scented candles and foraged finds, Interior Designer Siobhan Hayles shares her three top tips on how to decorate holiday homes this Christmas.
The English Eccentric
Unique Home Stays gives you exclusive access inside the lives and homes of inspirational, eclectic and ingenious individuals by handing you the keys to their absurdly beautiful abodes.
Key Design Trends For 2018
Devon based interior designer Siobhan Hayles gives us her take on key trends to look out for in 2018, along with tips on how best they can be weaved into your home.
Banish the Beige and Make Space for Metallics
There´s nothing wrong with playing it safe and focusing your décor scheme around neutrals. Don’t opt for any old neutrals however - be bold and banish the beige, instead choosing metallics branded the ‘new neutrals’ by the likes of Elle Décor. Read on to discover homes that have fully embraced the trend.
All-White Living
Baring the nation’s unwavering love for neutrals, the pared-back aesthetic has dominated the design world over recent years. From the rustically white-washed to the whimsically romantic, we explore the depths and diversity of the white-on-white home trend.
Interiors in Bloom
As well as being ultra-feminine, floral prints are a fine way to bring the great British outdoors in. Injecting the season’s blooms into your interior scheme can create an air of summer romance all year round. These homes show how flower power interiors are done best.
Sitting Pretty
The occasional chair: as the name suggests, not an entirely essential home furnishing. But if there’s one piece that can transform a living space from standard to statement then it’s one of these. Here’s a selection of Unique Home Stays showing how it’s done best.
Hero Headboards
Statement headboards play a key feature in today’s most impressive bedrooms, adding an undeniable element of excitement to any sleeping space. Here we showcase the most daring, seductive and OTT beds on the Unique Home Stays portfolio.
Can You Spot the Changes in our Moontide Makeover House Tour?
Here at Unique Home Stays we love nothing more than a dazzling interiors revival. This month there was a flurry of excitement when the new photographs of one of our favourite luxury lovenests Moontide arrived. Join us for a house tour of the Moontide makeover.
Spring Greens
As the key trends for 2017 are announced to the nation, there´s none stirring quite the amount of interest in the interior design world as that of Pantone´s Colour Of The Year. We take a look at our luxury homestays with greenery-inspired interiors, giving you the opportunity to stay in the UK´s most on-trend homes this year.
Behind The Scenes: Styling For Christmas
That wonderful time of the year is fast approaching, when we gather with loved ones to enjoy laughter and good food. It’s a time for family traditions and memory making, so let’s keep things simple to ensure you don’t get your tinsel in a tangle! Styling for Christmas really doesn’t need to be complicated.
In-Vogue Homestays
To celebrate the centenary of the fashion bible, we’ve collated a selection of the most ‘Vogueish’ homestays on the Unique Home Stays portfolio. From a rustic, peacock-themed barn conversion to an orangery embellished with dripping chandeliers and lemon trees, take a look inside some of the UK’s most decadently stylish private homes.
A Bohemian Revival
We´ve collated a collection of our most boho-chic homes to inspire your inner wanderer, adventurer, vagabond or gypsetter. Let us take you a luxury Bohemian adventure you won’t ever want to leave.
Arts and Crafts
We have lusted over the interiors at The Butlery and The Restoratory since they joined the Unique Home Stays portfolio three years ago. We recently grabbed a moment to chat with the owner and busy mum of two, Francesca, who told us a little more about the inspirations behind her exquisite renovation.
Alice in Scandiland
Cornwall is a pretty inspiring place to live with the moorland, coast and woodlands, three totally different worlds, all within easy reach of one another.
Interiors to Knock Your Wellies Off
Tall, stylish and handsome, Burdock Fox is certainly a head turner. Owner of home interiors brand Rascal & Roses Verity Coleman explains how she gave this cool Castle Combe cottage a contemporary country look.
Peacockish Interiors
We talk to Siobhan Hayles, interior designer and owner of Peacock Blue, on the unique design and renovation process behind her exquisite Dartmoor holiday home.