In the mid-19th Century, as the Industrial Revolution roared along in Britain, uncounted millions of cast-iron fireplace mantels in myriad styles rolled off production lines. There were floral designs ...

We live in a circa 1900 bldg with original fireplace/mantel. Anyone else have a cast iron fireplace insert (?) like the one shown here? Logistically, how do you use it? The rectangular piece in the ...

Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Every October, a great British groan resounds across the land. “The nights are drawing in,” goes the endlessly ...