Innehållsförteckning för 10-2015 från 25 Beautiful Homes

The housing market is definitely moving fast in our village, where homes that would normally take a good few months to sell are now getting snapped up. It appears that 1970s properties are the most popular – most likely because they have the best views of the valley and they come with a large plot of land. My hope is that the buildings are restored and the gardens remain, rather than being demolished to create space for more houses with less land attached. But I do understand that not everyone enjoys looking after a garden – on some days, when we’re reconfiguring space or re-laying gravel, I’m hard pushed to defend my love of gardening. We’re in the middle of reorganising our outdoor space, which has partly been driven by…

SQUARE DINING TABLE After desperately searching for a square dining table that can seat eight people comfortably, I have had no luck finding something suitable – can you help? LOUISE BUCKLE, BY EMAIL If you prefer contemporary designs, Nest (0114 243 3000, nest.co.uk) has a few offerings, including the ultra-sleek Vanity table by Stefano Giovannoni for Magis, which comes in white, black or a polished frame and top, 140cm sq x H74cm, from £1,768. Calligaris (calligaris.co.uk) also has a few square tables such as the Sigma, which comes in a choice of finishes including a white tempered glass top with a wooden frame, 140cm sq x H75cm, £1,987. It also has the advantage that it can be extended to become a rectangular table of 200cm if you have a larger…

NEW-BUILD HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Remodelled 1930s detached LOCATION Southwest London ROOMS Hall, drawing room, sitting room/kitchen-diner, study, utility room, five bedrooms (all en suite) PURCHASED 2013 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We moved from a remodelled 1950s detached nearby,’ says Jane. Having not long finished renovating a 1950s property in southwest London, Jane and Mark Lawson weren’t looking to move, until Mark discovered a run-down 1930s house nearby. ‘It had a lot of potential so he suggested we buy it and start all over again,’ explains Jane, who wasn’t so keen on the idea. The house was dilapidated and unloved, but it was only when the couple viewed it that they realised how firmly it was stuck in a time warp and how much work would be involved in bringing it up…

REPLANNED HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Early Victorian terraced house LOCATION East London ROOMS Hall, sitting room, kitchen-diner, study, cloakroom, two bedrooms, bathroom PURCHASED 2011 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘I rented a Victorian terrace to get a feel of the area before I bought this place,’ says Jemima. Living on site through major building works comes with a great deal of stress – so imagine experiencing that disruption over the best part of three years. That’s what Jemima Garthwaite chose to do when she extended an early-Victorian terraced house in east London. ‘I had a small budget but I wanted to push the boundaries, so I had to do a lot of the work myself,’ she says. ‘When the funds ran out and the builders left, the extension had no wiring or plaster…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Edwardian terraced house LOCATION Southwest London ROOMS Hall, sitting room/kitchen-diner, two bedrooms, bathroom PURCHASED 2012 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘Before we moved here, we lived two streets away in a Victorian conversion flat,’ says Veronica. When Veronica Rodriguez was looking for a new home, plenty of space was her main requisite. She was living in a small flat with her husband Darren Jones and craved two things – a garden and a dressing table. ‘We had no room for a vanity area, and I had to dry my hair standing up,’ she said. ‘Having long hair meant I spent a lot of time on my feet!’ The couple loved where they lived in leafy southwest London, but finding a property within their budget wasn’t easy. After searching…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Semi-detached Victorian cottage LOCATION Southwest London ROOMS Sitting room, kitchen-diner, family room, three bedrooms (one en suite), bathroom, garden room PURCHASED 2007 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We lived in a New York tower block before this,’ says Natalie. It’s not often that a wall poster dictates the architecture of a new extension, but that’s exactly what happened when Natalie and Tom Routledge decided to add a kitchen-cum-dining room to their Victorian cottage. ‘Our architect wanted a window in the side wall but I put my foot down,’ says Natalie. ‘I knew that my poster of a goldfish would look perfect there instead.’ And she has a point – the enormous vintage artwork, found by Natalie’s father in a dusty shop in southwest France, looks as if it…

UNIQUE HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY A converted Methodist chapel, dating to the early 1900s LOCATION North Oxfordshire ROOMS Hall, sitting room/ kitchen-diner, three bedrooms, bathroom PURCHASED 2012 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We lived in a two-bedroom flat in a converted Victorian house in Buckinghamshire before moving here,’ says Nadya. Nadya Savannah Sawney had a real incentive to get the refurbishment of her new home completed quickly. She and her husband Stuart decided to move into a caravan in the garden of a friend’s house in Henley-on-Thames while the renovation of their converted Oxfordshire chapel was taking place. ‘Anyone who has attempted this in winter will know how bitterly cold it is in the morning before you get the heating on,’ she explains. ‘It was an extra incentive to get the job finished…

DISTINCTIVE HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Mid 18th-century worker’s cottage LOCATION Kilkenny, Ireland ROOMS Sitting room, dining room, breakfast room, kitchen, four bedrooms (one en suite), bathroom PURCHASED 2012 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We also have a stone cottage in nearby Kells,’ says Jadzia. Living in County Kilkenny, Jadzia Kaminska and her partner David Doohoe had grown to love the area’s beautiful historic villages, with their pretty pubs and riverside locations. ‘The surroundings are so picturesque that it’s actually been used as a location for a number of films,’ says Jadzia. So back in 2012 when the couple had the chance to buy a house nearby, they simply couldn’t resist. ‘The property overlooks the River Nore and the views are spectacular. It has a small garden that’s easy to maintain and it’s just…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY 1960s villa LOCATION South Belfast ROOMS Sitting room, family room, kitchen-diner, cloakroom, three bedrooms (one en suite), bathroom PURCHASED 2011 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We lived in an apartment nearby before moving here,’ says Patricia. A mother always knows best – just ask Patricia McGinnis. ‘I hadn’t even been looking for a new home when my mum saw this one in Belfast,’ explains Patricia, co-owner of interiors store Maven. ‘Lalit, my 7-year-old son, and I had been living in an apartment nearby and I loved the area, but we were running out of space, which, of course, Mum had noticed.’ On viewing the 1960s house, Patricia was only too aware of the amount of work it needed. ‘It had a dated exterior, and inside, the layout was…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Victorian worker’s cottage LOCATION West London ROOMS Sitting room, kitchen-diner, two bedrooms, bathroom PURCHASED 2013 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘Before we moved here, I had a flat in Notting Hill and Chris had a flat in Brixton,’ says Anna. Former radio journalist Anna Burles used to file seven features an hour. ‘It meant producing creative, accurate copy on time,’ she recalls. ‘I think I’ve carried that meticulousness over to my work as an interior designer.’ Consequently, when Anna and her partner Chris were choosing where to buy their first home together, nothing was left to chance. ‘I’d been living in London’s Notting Hill and I wanted to stay in the area as its shops and boutiques were useful for my work,’ says Anna. ‘Chris and I share…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Mid-terrace, built in 1934 LOCATION East Sussex ROOMS Hall, sitting room, kitchen-diner, three bedrooms, bathroom PURCHASED 2008 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘Before moving here, we lived in a two-bedroom house in Brighton,’ says Emily. Artist Emily Swift-Jones has overseen the specialist decorating of a new gallery in Buckingham Palace, created glorious paint finishes in hotels such as The Savoy, and gilded a multimillion pound apartment in Monte Carlo. So decorating her own home in East Sussex was a walk in the park by comparison. When Emily and her partner John Steels moved into their three-bedroom terraced, she worked her way through every room creating extraordinary wall finishes, wood effects and decorative glass. But that was only after the property had been completely renovated. ‘Apart from having double…

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UNIQUE HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Converted chapel, built in 1823 LOCATION Wiltshire ROOMS Drawing room, sitting room, kitchen-diner, utility room, four bedrooms (one en suite), two bathrooms, plus a shepherd’s hut and potter’s studio in the garden PURCHASED 2001 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We moved here from a house in north London,’ says Amanda. When Amanda Bannister and her husband Edward bought a 19th-century former Baptist chapel in Wiltshire back in 2001, it was in dreadful repair. ‘Crumbling, riddled with deathwatch beetle and wet rot’ is how Amanda describes it, while the front ‘garden’ was a graveyard with collapsing headstones. What’s more, the couple had no guarantee that they would get planning permission to turn the Grade II listed building into a residence. That didn’t put them off buying it, though. ‘It…

NEW-BUILD HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Detached new-build LOCATION Powys BUILT 2009 ROOMS Sitting room, kitchen-diner, day room, snug, study, three bedrooms (one en suite), bathroom PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We divide our time between here and our coach house in Kent,’ says Annie. Annie and Gordon Campbell are full of bright ideas, and that’s why the creation of their home was such a happy affair. While looking around a cottage in rural Powys with a view to buying, the couple spotted a run-down barn next door. ‘We quickly arranged a viewing,’ says Gordon, ‘and almost as soon as we walked in, Annie said, “Wow, look at that view”.’ We were both awestruck by the amazing scenery of the Mid-Wales valleys and the mountains beyond. The Campbells snapped up the barn with the…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Farmhouse, built circa 1570 LOCATION Suffolk ROOMS Hall, sitting room, kitchen, dining room, study, playroom, five bedrooms (three en suite), bathroom PURCHASED 2010 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘Before we moved here, we lived in an early-Victorian house in London,’ says Victoria. Five years ago, Victoria Hall, an artist, and her husband Dan, were looking to relocate from London to somewhere more rural. ‘We wanted our children, Thomas, 10, and Matilda, 8, to have a similar upbringing to us – a home that was within easy reach of good schools, close to their grandparents and in the countryside,’ says Victoria. That’s when they came across this Grade II listed 16th-century farmhouse in Suffolk. ‘It was ideal for us as it didn’t require much work – we knew we…

NEW-BUILD HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Modern apartment LOCATION Dublin ROOMS Sitting room, dining area, kitchen, two bedrooms (one en suite), two bathrooms PURCHASED 2013 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘Before moving here I had a flat in Paris,’ says Charlotte. Charlotte Hamel’s career in marketing has taken her around the world – but for all that, she doesn’t believe in travelling light. Wherever Charlotte goes, her furniture goes, too. ‘Ironically it’s probably my furniture that has dictated the houses I’ve lived in,’ she admits. ‘As the years have gone by, I’ve gathered up more and more from the places I’ve visited, so each time I move on, it all has to be accommodated.’ However, relocating to Dublin two years ago was not as straightforward as Charlotte had hoped – because of work commitments,…

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REPLANNED HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Two-storey Victorian apartment LOCATION West London ROOMS Sitting room, kitchen-diner, utility room, three bedrooms, bathroom, shower room PURCHASED 2005 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘Before I moved here, I had a place in Notting Hill,’ says Eugenie. Eugenie Nixon and her husband Guy lived across two apartments before joining them into the family home of their dreams. Eugenie was living in her own place when she 1 became pregnant with their first child. As soon as she heard the flat above Guy’s in west London was on the market, she snapped it up. For 10 years, the couple and their growing family – they now have two boys, Stanley, 7, and Rex, 4, plus Guy’s two older sons, Orlando, 18, and Sholto, 16 – resided in both flats,…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Victorian semi-detached LOCATION Dublin ROOMS Hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen, four bedrooms (one en suite), bathroom, shower room PURCHASED 2010 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We had a two-bedroom terraced redbrick in Dublin’s Phibsborough,’ says Susan. This Victorian semi-detached home in a leafy Dublin suburb looks tiny from the front, but opens up unexpectedly inside. ‘There are lots of these houses in what would have been the outskirts of the city in the 1880s,’ says owner Susan Doyle. ‘They look minuscule from the outside, but have two storeys to the rear.’ At the front are high-ceilinged reception rooms, with more modest spaces at the back. ‘My aunt lived in a similar house and I always thought it was wonderful,’ Susan says. Susan, who works in a restaurant,…

Design ideas GILDED CEILING Emily Swift-Jones has created a luxurious gilded ceiling in her hall. Highly original in approach, this rich, burnished patina has been created by opting for an antiqued finish, ensuring a more toned-down look. Surprisingly easy to accomplish, this standout look has been achieved by applying squares of gold leaf to the ceiling. Always ensure that the surface is smooth and clean, as any imperfections will show through the leaf. Once applied, it is essential to seal the surface with a special metal leaf lacquer or varnish. Alternatively, if you would like to recreate this opulent look with a guaranteed clean finish, seek help from a specialist decorator or professional gilder. KITCHEN COLOURS The Chisholms have opted for a palette of natural tones in their spacious kitchen.…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Victorian townhouse, built in 1901 LOCATION County Down, Northern Ireland ROOMS Sitting room, drawing room, dining room, kitchen-diner, four bedrooms, two bathrooms PURCHASED 2007 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘Previously, we lived in a modern house nearby,’ says Eleanor. Eleanor and Stephen Blayney let their hearts rule their heads when they bought a four-storey Victorian townhouse on the County Down coast. ‘We love living by the sea,’ explains Eleanor, ‘so when we saw a For Sale sign outside this place, we had to take a look.’ ‘The property was structurally sound, had been well looked after and its location was perfect, but we weren’t sure about taking on a project,’ she continues. ‘It came with all the inherent challenges of a century-old house – before the days of…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Cotswold stone manor house LOCATION West Oxfordshire ROOMS Hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen, study, cellar, two cloakrooms, four bedrooms (one en suite), bathroom PURCHASED 2012 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘Before moving here, we rented a property nearby,’ says Tania. Finding a property with period features and space for a vintage car business was the challenge that Tania and Martin Chisholm set themselves when looking for a family home in the Cotswolds. ‘We really enjoy living in the countryside and, after renting in Oxfordshire for 10 years, we’d fallen in love with the location,’ says Tania, ‘Our sons, Jack, 13, and Harry, 11, also have many friends in the area, so we didn’t want to disrupt them too much.’ The couple began searching for their own renovation…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Two farm cottages, converted into one LOCATION West Ireland ROOMS Sitting room, dining room, kitchen, three bedrooms, bathroom PURCHASED 1994 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘Before here, I lived in a London townhouse,’ says Jacqueline. Living in London, artist Jacqueline O’Driscoll had always enjoyed escaping from the city and holidaying in County Kerry in Ireland, so it wasn’t long before she considered buying a home there. ‘The surroundings are very inspiring for my landscape paintings,’ she explains. ‘About 20 years ago, I was walking with friends in the area and we came across two derelict cottages,’ continues Jacqueline. ‘I discovered they’d been unoccupied for 35 years, but they were still full of old furniture and horse hair mattresses.’ However, the scenery and the rural idyll eclipsed the cottages’…

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REPLANNED HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Detached 19th-century farmhouse LOCATION Pembrokeshire, Wales ROOMS Hall, sitting room, kitchen-diner, TV room, gym, two cloakrooms, four bedrooms, two bathrooms PURCHASED 2010 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We have a house in London, but we bought this place to use as a holiday home as we love this part of Wales,’ says Kathryn. Kathryn Clement and her husband Dai had been casually looking to buy a home in their favourite county, Pembrokeshire, for several months. ‘We were expecting it to take quite a few years until the right property came along,’ says Kathryn. ‘Farmhouses in this area are often passed down through generations and rarely come on the market. So when this place came up for sale, we had to make a lot of quick decisions.’ Very little…

UNIQUE HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Detached farmhouse LOCATION Western Cape, South Africa ROOMS Sitting room/ kitchen, dining room, family room, study, utility room, three bedrooms, two bathrooms PURCHASED 2013 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘Before we bought this place, we lived in a similar-style house just a few streets away,’ says Chrislien. If someone had told us five years ago we would move to this house, I’d have laughed,’ says Chrislien Bath of the cottage where she and her husband Craig now live. ‘It was a sad building with a 1970s brick-faced frontage and an awkward, cramped interior.’ The property, nestling at the foot of the Helderberg mountain in South Africa, had been on the market for more than a year and was a stone’s throw from the couple’s previous home, which they…

NEW-BUILD HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Bungalow, built in 2006 LOCATION County Down ROOMS Sitting room, sunroom, kitchen-diner, four bedrooms (one en suite), bathroom, summer house PURCHASED 2006 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We lived in a new development in the nearby market town of Newtownards before we moved here,’ explains Lesley. Having grown up on a farm, Lesley Bailie felt a long way from home in the new development she and husband Lindsay were living in. ‘The house was great and the area was fine but I longed to be back in the countryside – not least so we had room for our ever-growing family of rescue animals!’ says Lesley. ‘We were scouring property websites and came across this half-acre site with plans already approved for a four-bedroom home. Of course, when we…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS  THE PROPERTY 19th-century watermill LOCATION Loire Valley, France ROOMS Sitting room, kitchen, scullery, dining area, five bedrooms (all en suite) PURCHASED 1991 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘Before moving here, I lived in apartments in Paris and then Angers,’ says Jonathan. Tucked away in the southwestern edge of the Loire Valley lies a lovingly restored watermill owned by Jonathan Robinson. The fine artist, who has taught painting both at The Art Institute of San Francisco and the Parsons School of Design in Paris, describes himself as ‘an aesthetic refugee’ who recently fled the city in pursuit of a more authentic way of life. So when Jonathan finally decided to escape the rat race, he not only retreated deep into regional France but also into a world that seemed unscathed by…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Semidetached Georgian townhouse LOCATION Gloucestershire ROOMS Hall, sitting room, kitchen-diner, TV room/snug, laundry room, cloakroom, five bedrooms (two en suite), bathroom. Plus a self-contained two-bedroom flat in the basement PURCHASED 2000 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We moved here from a small, two-bedroom cottage in the Cotswolds,’ says Virginie. Having spent much of her childhood in bustling West Africa, Belgian-born Virginie Dingley felt quite isolated when she relocated to a small Cotswolds village with her property developer fiancé, Harry. ‘It was a sweet cottage, but we seemed to live in the basement kitchen, which was dark,’ she says. ‘I felt like a rat!’ Seeking a house with more light in a place with some buzz, the couple settled on nearby Cheltenham. The five-bedroom townhouse they found on an…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTYDetached Victorian house LOCATION West Sussex ROOMS Hall, sitting room, dining room/work room, kitchen/ breakfast room, utility room, four bedrooms, dressing room, two bathrooms PURCHASED1999 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘Before we moved here, we lived in a Victorian house in southwest London,’ says Nicky. This secluded Victorian house in West Sussex is clearly a warm family home, with much-loved art, antiques and decorative objects collected over the years. But nestling among Nicky Heard’s traditional choices are colourful, contemporary touches, such as hot pink and tangerine ikat designs that hint at exotic influences. ‘I have to admit, if it wasn’t for my daughter, I might not have become so brave with colour,’ says Nicky, designer and maker of home furnishings, and mother of two grown-up children, Izzy and Nick,…

DISTINCTIVE HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Victorian terrace, built circa 1890 LOCATION Burgess Hill ROOMS Sitting room, kitchen-diner, bathroom, two bedrooms PURCHASED 2013 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘To save up to buy this house, we moved in with our parents for six months. Before that, we rented,’ says Laura. Having chosen a colour for the sitting room in the West Sussex home she shares with husband Richard, Laura Bradford had a tough job convincing her decorator dad, Ray. ‘I wanted all the walls to be grey,’ says Laura. ‘He and Richard weren’t sure – but now they love it. Dark colours have made our home look bigger.’ Before Laura and Richard got their hands on the house, it looked completely different, with nicotine-stained yellow walls. ‘There was carpet in the bathroom and pine-clad…

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