The brands we love
The House Beautiful Real Style Awards are back, this time celebrating the brands that prove good design isn’t just something to admire, it’s something to live with.
Chosen by our editors, this year’s winners get it right time and again, raising the bar with furniture built to last, storage that works harder, colours that lift your mood and inspiring ideas that make everyday life at home more beautiful.
Meet some of the creative minds behind our best-loved brands, snap up their design tips, find out which pieces they can’t imagine living without and shop our favourite buys.
COX & COX: BEST ONLINE BRAND
Cox and Cox
HABITAT: BEST FEELGOOD DECOR
Habitat
HEAL'S: BEST MODERN HERITAGE BRAND
Heal's
M&S: BEST DESIGN FOR LESS
M&S
NKUKU: MOST ICONIC STYLE
Nkuku
NEPTUNE: BEST BUILT-TO-LAST DESIGN
Neptune
NEXT HOME: BEST ONE-STOP STYLE SHOP
Next Home
DUSK: AUDIENCE FAVOURITE
Dusk
DUNELM: BEST TRENDSETTING BRAND
Dunelm
POOKY: MOST INNOVATIVE BRAND
Pooky
RUGGABLE X ANTHROPOLOGIE: BEST COLLABORATION
Ruggable X Anthropologie
SHARPS: BEST CUSTOMISABLE COLLECTION
Sharps
OUR PLACE: BEST COLOUR COLLECTION
Our Place
JOHN LEWIS: BEST-LOVED BRITISH BRAND
John Lewis
IKEA: BEST SPACE-SAVING COLLECTION
IKEA
FERM LIVING: EDITOR'S PICK
FINN.C.PEPER
The interiors creators
Introducing the content creators, DIYers, serial renovators and decorating obsessives proving that great design begins at home.
It took 30 judges hundreds of hours of joy-scrolling Instagram and countless DMs to bring together our stellar line-up of House Beautiful’s Real Style Awards winners. We’re introducing our class of 2026: the interiors creators that are setting the standard for real style and inspiring us to decorate with confidence, character and joy. Here, they share their top tips, lessons learned and the design secrets behind their award-worthy homes.
Judge's pick: Abigail Ahern
BEST SENSORY HOME
Winner: Callieanne Jayne Major (@ourvictorianhome1875)
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Judge's pick: Medina Grillo
BEST INTERIORS CONTENT CREATOR
Winner: Lydia Dinga (@lydiadingahome)
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Judge's pick: Roisin Quinn
MOST PERSONALITY-PACKED HOME
Elise Dodds/@makemyhomeprettyJudge's pick: Kelly Hoppen
BEST 'LUXE FOR LESS' STYLE
Winner: Ian Hippolyte (@ian.hippolyte)
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Judge's pick: Richard Miller
BEST ARTISAN
Beam IrwinJudge's pick: Nina Campbell
BEST HOMEWARE ENTREPRENEUR
Julie Currie
BEST RENOVATOR
Winner: Claudine Edwards (@claudzgaff)
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BEST DESIGN ADVICE
Mandy Wong
BEST RENTER-FRIENDLY STYLE
Winner: Teri Muncey (@thelovelydrawer)
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BEST VINTAGE FINDS
Winner: Jessie Cutts (@townley_terrace)
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BEST DIY ENTHUSIAST
Winner: Daniel Matthews (@a.modest.semi)
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BEST DECORATING HACK
Winner: Georgina Smith (@_itstartedwithacushion)
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BEST GARDEN MAKEOVER
Winner: Dan Cox (@thehitchcockhouse)
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BEST SMALL SPACE
Homeworthy
BEST SHELFIE
Winner: Bridget Thompson & Khari Clarke (@sucasa.studio_)
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BEST COLOURFUL INTERIORS
Winner: Megan McCluskie (@home_folke)
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BEST PAINT EFFECTS
Winner: Tahira Resalat (@tahirashome)
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BEST NEUTRAL INTERIOR
Winner: Rebecca Lawson (@malmo_and_moss)
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BEST TABLESCAPE
Winner: Justin Coakley (@design_at_nineteen)
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