
Rebecca Knight
Rebecca is the Deputy Editor on Ideal Home online. She has worked as a homes and interiors journalist for over four years. She began interning at various publications such as Scottish Woman Magazine and The Mail on Sunday's Event Magazine whilst studying for a bachelor's degree in Modern History at the University of St Andrews. After graduating she attained her Masters in Magazine Journalism at City, University of London in 2018, and interned at Harper's Bazaar and Town & Country.
She started her career as a feature writer for Women's Weekly Magazines, before joining the Ideal Home digital team covering news and features. Whilst working on Ideal Home she developed an interest in property news and covered breaking stories around house prices and interviewed key industry figures. In 2020 she was nominated and highly commended in the AOP Digital Rising Star category for her work on Ideal Home.
In 2021 she moved into the role of News Editor across the Future homes and gardens brands, including Gardeningetc.com. In 2022 she moved into the role of Deputy Editor on Ideal Home.
She lives in a rented flat in South London where she makes the most of window boxes to create small container gardens. Inside she has a jungle of houseplants in nearly every room which she does her best to keep up with regular watering and repotting.
Latest articles by Rebecca Knight
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Before and after: see how a couple created this stylish outdoor kitchen filled with clever features
Outdoor Living If your BBQ has seen better days, follow this couple's lead and transform your patio with an incredible DIY outdoor kitchen
By Rebecca Knight • Published
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5 most common herb garden mistakes – how to avoid them according to a gardening expert
Grow Your Own Gardening expert Kate Turner shares the most common herb garden mistakes we're all making when growing our own at home
By Rebecca Knight • Published
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The IKEA greenhouse cabinet is the ultimate IKEA hack for houseplant fans
How to The latest IKEA hack has seen people turning IKEA cabinets into indoor greenhouses with incredible results
By Rebecca Knight • Published
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Gardening expert reveals the best time of day to get rid of weeds easily
How To Gardening guru Kate Turner shares the most common weeding mistake and best time to get rid of weeds easily and effectively
By Rebecca Knight • Published
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Gardening expert David Domoney shares clever hack to check a tree is healthy using a penny
Plants David Domoney's coin hack is a shortcut to working out whether your plants and shrubs are fighting fit or could do with some extra TLC
By Rebecca Knight • Published
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Garden expert Alan Titchmarsh shares clever planting technique for disguising fences and wires in the garden
How To Alan Titchmarsh and garden designer Katie Rushworth shared a clever planting hack for hiding a fence or ugly wires using ornamental grasses
By Rebecca Knight • Published
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Gardening expert Frances Tophill reveals the plant every healthy vegetable patch should include
Grow Your Own The horticultural expert and gardening presenter shares her vegetable patch tip for the one plant you should invest in when growing your own fruit and vegetables
By Rebecca Knight • Published
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The one thing you should never do when cleaning outdoor wooden furniture, according to a cleaning expert
Furniture This common cleaning tip is actually a big outdoor wooden furniture cleaning mistake, explains cleaning expert Lynsey Crombie
By Rebecca Knight • Published
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Explore Gardeners' World presenter Carol Klein's garden at Glebe Cottage
Gardens Carol Klein's garden in Devon is a gardener's dream and the centrepiece of the presenter's new show 'Gardening with Carol Klein'
By Rebecca Knight • Published