HOME TRUTHS
THE PROPERTY Detached house built in 1910
ROOMS Kitchen, dining room, sitting room, utility, boot room, cloakroom, four bedrooms, two bathrooms, office, music room, playroom
LOCATION South Oxfordshire
‘Matching curtains to wallpaper creates a wonderfully cocooning feel, especially when the curtains are closed’ Chloe Payne never had a burning desire to take on a project, but falling in love with an Arts and Crafts-style house changed everything. ‘I spotted the sale board after taking my daughter to a youth group in a nearby village hall, and had to book a viewing,’ says Chloe. ‘It had such a warm feeling and felt like a family home.’
Although Chloe and her husband David were happy in their semi-detached home, daughters, Isabel, 12, and Maggie, nine, needed bigger bedrooms and the garden was small.…