Having been sympathetically restored, the townhouse features four floors, four bedrooms and two bathrooms.

St Alkmond’s Square exterior 

Outside, the house has an attractive and elegant look to it, with pastel-coloured window-frames and gold hardware on the front door. It’s deceptively spacious inside, as you’ll see…

Perhaps you have an under stairs area that has zero storage. Or a space with badly-designed storage that just ends up cluttered and untidy. However, re-thinking your under stairs space could ensure that the entire ground floor becomes neater and more organised.

From bespoke built-ins or flat-pack options, to off-the-peg furniture and DIY shelving, our round-up of clever and affordable staircase ideas incorporating storage will soon have you sorted.

Under stairs storage ideas

1. Set up a colourful family storage hub

Make good use of an open under stair area by creating a wall of storage. Cover the back section of wall with pegboard panelling and paint a cheery shade. Then add a row of peg rail for hanging coats and jackets, slotting in a few single hooks here and there for keys or dog leads.

Give little ones somewhere to sit when they’re taking off shoes by slotting in a longline bench – tuck a few baskets underneath labelled up for different family members so they can chuck bits and bobs in.

The use of bright colours here makes this an enticing area xxxx. How to paint a staircase

You might feel your space needs a bit of a redesign, or have plans to invest in new furniture or storage. Or maybe you’re just looking to rejig what you have to give it a style boost. Either way, there are plenty of designer tricks that can help you make the most of your living room’s potential.

We ask our favourite experts from the world of interiors to share their top living room ideas when it comes to arranging furniture and fixtures. From TV’s loveable Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen to sofa connisseur Charlie Marshall, founder of Loaf, they’ve come up with some real winners…

How to arrange living room furniture

1. Begin by thinking about how you use the room

‘I’d always start with what the actual lines of sight are when using the room and how you use the room,’ says TV presenter Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. Charlie Marshall, founder of Loaf, agrees. ‘It’s all about understanding how you’re going to use the room’ says Charlie.

‘You may use yours for watching telly, the kids doing homework, reading a book as well as entertaining friends. This will help you understand what living room lighting, seating and storage you need’

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People are loving The Range’s brand new Halloween-themed gonks, including Stacey Solomon. The Loose Women star, who is expecting her fourth child, caused sales of gonks to surge after sharing her delight at the launch of The Range’s Halloween collection.

It’s good news for gonk-lovers decorating on a budget this autumn because they’re just £7.99.

The Range recently shared an image of the new Halloween gonks on Instagram captioned ‘Ok, the secrets out… Yes, we have NEW Halloween Gonks, and yes they are now in store.’

Stacey Solomon was quick to comment: ‘OMG I can’t cope, bring on autumn!’ And she isn’t alone in her love for Halloween decor and gonks, given that the post has received thousands of likes and comments.

‘OMG NEED IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!!’ one exclaimed. ‘Gonk lovers unite,’ wrote a second, while others tagged their fellow gonk fans to alert them of this development.