Country Living UK

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WORDS FROM THE EDITOR

Pretty parlour • AFTERNOON TEA MEETS EARLY 20TH-CENTURY GLAMOUR IN A CHARMING, ELEGANT STYLE THAT’S PERFECT FOR SITTING ROOMS AND DRAWING ROOMS. (IT WORKS FOR BEDROOMS, TOO, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ADD A DASH OF ART DECO SHIMMER AMID THE DAINTY CHINTZ AND EMBROIDERY.) DETAIL AND PRESENTATION ARE EVERYTHING HERE: THERE’S A SENSE OF HOUSEPROUD PERFECTIONISM IN THE IDEA OF SELECTING DELICATE PATTERNS, ROMANTIC COLOURS AND EXQUISITE ACCESSORIES

Sewing machines

AL’S EMPORIUM

Cottage CORE • FADED FLORALS, DECORATIVE CHINA AND ORIGINAL COLLECTABLES BRING WARMTH AND CHARACTER TO THE HEART OF A PERIOD PROPERTY IN SUSSEX

Royal memorabilia

MASON & PAINTER

Full of GRACE • WITH ELEGANT ELEMENTS OF FADED GLAMOUR AND TRADITIONAL TEATIME STYLING, THIS EAST SUSSEX HOME HAS INTEREST AND INTRIGUE AT EVERY TURN

Childhood nostalgia • REMEMBER WHEN EVERY DAY WAS A FRESH ADVENTURE – WHEN EVEN THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR WAS A BIT OF A THRILL, A TIME OF STORY HOUR AND PAINT POTS AND HOPING FOR A GOLD STAR OR TWO? REDISCOVER THE DELIGHTS OF FRESHLY SHARPENED PENCILS, INVENTIVE CRAFT PROJECTS AND TRADITIONAL GAMES, ALONG WITH THE CHEERFUL COLOURS, SIMPLE IMAGES AND ROBUST FURNITURE THAT MAKE CHILDHOOD MEMORIES SO REASSURING

World globes

ROBERTS & ASTLEY

Child’s PLAY • BRIGHT BURSTS OF COLOUR AND FASCINATING FINDS FILL THIS CENTURIES-OLD KENT FARMHOUSE TO CREATE AN ORIGINAL FAMILY HOME

Teddy bears

VINTIQUES OF SURREY

Memory BOX • AN UPLIFTING PALETTE, TREASURED HEIRLOOMS AND A SELECTION OF PLAYFUL MOTIFS MAKE THIS BERKSHIRE FAMILY HOME A BRIGHT AND ORIGINAL PLACE TO BE

Rustic farmhouse • THIS IS A LOOK THAT ENGAGES ALL THE SENSES, RICH IN TEXTURE AND EVOKING INSTANT MEMORIES – THE SCENT OF STORED APPLES, THE FEEL OF A MUCH-USED BROOM OR ROLLING PIN, HAND-ME-DOWN RECIPES FOLDED BETWEEN THE PAGES OF WELL-THUMBED COOKERY BOOKS. YOU DON’T NEED YOUR OWN FARMHOUSE TO RECREATE ITS WARM, MELLOW STYLE OR TO ENJOY THE SIMPLE PLEASURE OF NATURAL EARTHY TONES AND SCRUBBED, SMOOTH-WORN SURFACES

Grain sacks

THE OLD YARD

French CONNECTION • HOURS SPENT SCOURING FLEA MARKETS AND ANTIQUES SHOPS HAS HELPED ONE COUPLE TO SUCCEED IN BRINGING THE MODERN FARMHOUSE LOOK TO THEIR NORMANDY PROPERTY

Old telephones

THE OLD FLIGHT HOUSE

Following a THREAD • HESTER PAGE, COUNTRY LIVING’S ONE -TIME HOUSES EDITOR, HAS DECORATED A VICTORIAN RAILWAY WORKER’S COTTAGE WITH A COLLECTION OF DECORATIVE PIECES, MANY OF THEM INSPIRED BY THE NATURAL WORLD

Housework items

AG HENDY & CO

Soul SEARCHING • A BEAUTIFUL BLEND OF OLD AND NEW HAS PRESERVED THE SPIRIT OF THIS 19TH-CENTURY FORMER PRIEST’S HOUSE IN FRANCE

Coastal charm • THIS STYLE COMBINES JOLLY WITH THE STORM-TOSSED: HOLIDAY SNAPSHOTS OF BRIGHT STRIPES, BUCKETS AND SPADES ALONGSIDE SURFACES FADED BY EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS. THERE’S PLENTY OF SCOPE FOR RECYCLING HERE. PRACTICAL, HARD-WEARING, EASY TO LIVE WITH AND NOT NEEDING MUCH MAINTENANCE, IT CREATES THE SORT OF PLACE WHERE YOU CAN IMAGINE DROPPING WET SANDY TOWELS AND SWIMSUITS – STRAIGHT FROM THE BEACH – WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT THE FURNISHINGS

Cornishware

VINTAGE MISCHIEF

A Cornish CORNUCOPIA • INTERESTING DISPLAYS AND CLEVER USE OF RECLAIMED LOCAL MATERIALS ADD QUIRKY APPEAL TO THIS 18TH-CENTURY THATCHED COTTAGE BY THE SEA

nautical lighting

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