Innehållsförteckning för March 2016 från 25 Beautiful Homes

Every week 25 Beautiful Homes’ wonderful assistant, Sally, takes calls and emails from you, our readers. Last week she had an email that was not a query or a complaint but just a message from a reader simply telling us how much she enjoyed the magazine. Feedback such as this means more to the 25BH team than that kind woman will ever realise. It reminded me that at the heart of the magazine is a committed and talented team. From Sally, who is always on hand to help our readers, to Emma and Seán, who have the enviable task of sourcing the beautiful homes that fill our pages every month. From an array of submissions, they choose the homes that will grace the pages of each issue and are worthy…

MUSTARD VELVET CUSHIONS Please could you tell me where I can find velvet cushions in the same yellow colour as the ones in Stephen Ireton and Dan Moore’s sitting room (p43, November 2015)? I think they will look great on my new charcoal grey sofa. JESS BRADLEY, BY EMAIL You are right – mustard yellow and charcoal are a strong colour combination. I have sourced a few sizes, the largest being Habitat’s (0344 499 4686, habitat.co.uk) Regency cushion in Sahara Yellow velvet with a linen back, 60sq cm, £40. Graham and Green (020 8987 3700, grahamandgreen.co.uk) sells its Mustard Yellow velvet cushion (shown right) as a square, 45cmsq, £35; a rectangle, 35 x 50cm, £30; and as a floor cushion, 60sq cm, £60. CONTEMPORARY FIREPLACE I love Hannah Jefferson’s and…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Terraced cottage, built in 1910 LOCATION Wiltshire ROOMS Sitting room/dining area, kitchen, utility room, cloakroom, two bedrooms, bathroom PURCHASED 2012 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We rented a flat in southwest London, before buying this place,’ says Claire. To get a foot on the property ladder, Claire Bending and Paul Whittingham discovered that it paid to think outside the box and look beyond their usual postcode. ‘When we bought this house, we were living in a rented flat some 70 miles away in southwest London,’ explains Claire. ‘But we couldn’t afford to buy what we wanted there.’ So the couple expanded their search and eventually a cottage in Wiltshire caught their eye. ‘We came to look at this place almost on a whim,’ says Claire. ‘It needed a…

DISTINCTIVE HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Three-storey townhouse, built around 1900 LOCATION Paris, France ROOMS Hall, sitting room, kitchen-diner, three bedrooms, two bathrooms PURCHASED 2012 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘Before moving here, we lived in an old house with a modern glass-cube extension,’ says Laetitia. Laetitia Nallet found her three-bedroom home in the Paris suburb of Colombe in the least-expected way – through a classified ads website. ‘I was casually browsing the web one day when I saw this house for sale,’ says Laetitia, mother to Elliot, 23, Justine, 18, and Milo, 13. ‘I couldn’t quite believe my luck as it was just what I was looking for after my divorce. However, when I went to view the property, I could see that it needed a lot of work as it seemed frozen…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Wooden house, built in the 1970s LOCATION Denmark ROOMS Open-plan sitting room, kitchen-diner, study, four bedrooms, two bathrooms PURCHASED 2007 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘Before moving here we lived in a one-bedroom apartment in Copenhagen,’ says Nicklas. Lovely though it was, Nicklas and Cæcilie Bødtcher-Hansen’s city apartment in Copenhagen proved too small when their daughter, now 8, was born. ‘We also wanted to add to our family, so we presumed that before long, we’d be needing even more space,’ says Nicklas. So, the house search began, and at the top of their wish list was a property with a garden, lots of outdoor green spaces nearby, close to local schools, yet still near enough to the capital for work, to visit friends and also to get the…

NEW-BUILD HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Terraced beach house LOCATION Cornwall ROOMS Sitting room/kitchen, dining area, utility room, four bedrooms (one en suite), two bathrooms PURCHASED 2013 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘This is our holiday home,’ explains Nicky. ‘We also own a property in Oxford.’ The number 13 might be unlucky for some, but not for Nicky Denvir and her husband, Paul. The couple and their three children, Edward, 15, Alex, 14, and Sophie, 10, had been holidaying in Polzeath, Cornwall and the surrounding area for that amount of years, all the while looking for their perfect holiday retreat. ‘I’d almost given up hope of finding somewhere,’ says Nicky. ‘But one day, a friend was looking at a property in a new development overlooking a small seaside town, and I decided to go…

DISTINCTIVE HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Grade II listed detached 15th-century barn LOCATION Herefordshire ROOMS Kitchen, dining room, living room, laundry room, cloakroom, four bedrooms (one en suite), bathroom RENTED Since 2013 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We used to live in a 1950s beach house in Melbourne,’ says Clair. After living and working in Melbourne, Australia for 11 years, decorator and homewares designer Clair Wayman and her partner Nick Young decided it was time for a new start, upping sticks and moving back to Britain in the winter of 2013. The pair spent a few short weeks hunting for rural rental properties before spotting a charming, character-filled Grade II listed barn conversion in a sleepy hamlet near Hereford. ‘We were yearning for a quieter pace of life,’ explains Clair. ‘And we fell in…

NEW-BUILD HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Stone cottage, built in 1998 LOCATION West Cork ROOMS Hall, sitting room, kitchen-diner, mezzanine, cloakroom, three bedrooms (one en suite), bathroom PURCHASED 1999 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We lived in a large modern house in Germany,’ says Renate. Having spent many happy times visiting their daughter in Ireland, Renate Suso and her late husband wanted to relocate there. ‘We were living in south Germany, near Lake Constance, in a house with magnificent views of the lake and the Swiss Alps,’ she explains. ‘So we were keen to find a setting with equally magical views. When my daughter sent me details of a cottage on the Sheep’s Head peninsula in West Cork, I jumped at the chance to view it, as I knew the area and its spectacular…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY 16th-century thatched house LOCATION Hampshire ROOMS Sitting room, day room, kitchen, breakfast room, cloakroom, two bedrooms (both en suite), dressing room, annexe PURCHASED 2010 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘Our previous home was a 1930s farmhouse close by,’ says Claire. Claire O’Donnell and her husband David loved living in Hampshire but not their precise location. ‘Our home was on quite a busy road, which wasn’t ideal for the horses we had,’ says Claire. ‘So, when my daughter Phoebe planned to move out we thought it was time for us to relocate as well, to downsize and find somewhere that was a bit more rural.’ They hadn’t been looking long, when they came to view this pretty house. ‘The minute we saw the cottage, which is off a quiet…

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REPLANNED HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY A five-bedroom 1930s end-of-terrace LOCATION South-west London ROOMS Kitchen-diner/ living space, sitting room, office, cloakroom, five bedrooms (one en suite), two bathrooms PURCHASED 2010 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We used to live in a four-bedroom terrace nearby,’ says Caroline. Coming to live in Twickenham in 2009 after a work move, American Caroline Green and her English husband Peter rented a four-bedroom terraced home in an attractive area that had plenty of green space, restaurants and cafés. ‘We really liked living here, and we’d made friends with our neighbours and there was plenty to occupy our children, Maya, now 9, and Oliver, 6, who was then a baby,’ says Caroline. ‘We decided we’d like to buy and narrowed it down to just a few roads of 1930s houses.’…

UNIQUE HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Converted church LOCATION Scottish Borders ROOMS Hall, sitting room, kitchen-diner, laundry room, cloakroom, five bedrooms (three en suite), two bathrooms PURCHASED 2014 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We lived in a detached house in Essex for 24 years before moving here,’ says Janine. Ken and Janine Wilson were so enthralled by their stay in a converted church in the Scottish Borders four years ago, that it prompted a major life change. ‘We’d always wanted to retire early, and when we saw this property, everything just fell into place,’ says Ken. ‘Our plan was that we’d relocate here from our home in Essex, and use part of the property as a holiday let.’ But first they had to persuade the owner of the unusual house to sell. ‘Ken was…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Victorian end-of-terrace LOCATION Southwest London ROOMS Sitting room, kitchen-diner, home office, cloakroom, three bedrooms (one en suite), bathroom PURCHASED 2012 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘Before moving here, we had a maisonette nearby,’ says Alice. Alice Smallman-Walsh and husband Matt were happily settled in southwest London when Alice became pregnant with daughter Tillie, now 4. They knew their one-bedroom flat wouldn’t be big enough when the baby came, so they began planning a move to a larger home in the same area. ‘Unlike many other London suburbs, it has resisted over-development and retains a historic, semi-rural feel,’ says Alice. As Matt works in the construction business, the couple weren’t at all daunted by the idea of a big renovation project and saw it as a great way to…

There are many advantages to building your own home, just like the Denvirs have done. Good preparation is a key ingredient of success, however, and it’s never too soon to start planning. Get creative Developing a new-build allows you to fully express your own design preferences, be they traditional, contemporary or cutting edge, so take time to clearly think about the look you want. Consider how you’d like to tailor your home to suit your lifestyle – whether you’re working from home, living with teenagers and/or elderly parents, or in need of extra rooms. Plan to include as many energy-saving features as you can, such as triple glazing, underfloor heating and an efficient boiler, as all these can save you money. But you’ll need to plan for contingencies, as unforeseen…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Victorian farmhouse LOCATION Lincolnshire ROOMS Hall, sitting room, family room, kitchen-diner, study, garden room, utility room, five bedrooms (one en suite), two bathrooms PURCHASED 2008 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We lived in a thatched cottage in a nearby village,’ says Janet. Although Janet and Andrew Mogridge loved their thatched cottage in rural Lincolnshire, they had three children approaching their teens, so buying a bigger property made sense. ‘When we found out a farmhouse we’d always admired was for sale, we snapped it up,’ says Janet. The previous owners had left the house in good repair but the Mogridges were keen to put their own stamp on it and restore some of the character that had been lost. As she regularly entertains friends and family, Janet felt that…

Design ideas UNIQUE DISPLAYS Jocelyn Land opted to display skeins of colourful fabric on the wall of her master bedroom, which is a refreshing departure from the usual collection of framed pictures. Grouped together, they create a curious and colourful focal point. An attractive patterned wallpaper adds further visual interest to this dynamic scheme. Unique and unusual ideas such as this can really elevate your interiors from the ordinary to the extraordinary. Here, a selection of pretty plates have been hung to create a quirky display above the bed. The dramatic dark blue background ensures that the plates become a standout feature of the room. Chinese Garden double duvet cover, £89; Oxford pillowcases, £35 a pair, both Christy. PERSONAL TOUCHES Houses with surprises are often the most interesting ones to…

NEW-BUILD HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Detached new-build house LOCATION Holywood, County Down ROOMS Hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen/family room, study/playroom, utility room, garden room, cloakroom, five bedrooms (all en suite) PURCHASED 2005 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘Before moving here, we lived in a much smaller bungalow nearby in North Down,’ says Anna. It was while was helping her brother relocate from Northern Ireland to Dublin that Anna McMillen and husband Jamie caught the moving bug. ‘We hadn’t even been thinking about changing home but we soon found ourselves packing up,’ explains Anna. ‘At that stage, I was pregnant with our first child, so it seemed like a good idea to look for more room than the bungalow we were living in offered us.’ The couple had always loved the quaint village…

UNIQUE HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Georgian village house LOCATION Buckinghamshire ROOMS Sitting room, kitchen-diner, family room, dining room, snug, five bedrooms (one en suite), two bathrooms PURCHASED 2003 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘Before this, we rented several places in the area,’ says Gabrielle. Gabrielle Harris admits her heart ruled her head when she first viewed her whitewashed period house in Buckinghamshire. ‘I fell in love with it the second I saw it,’ she says. ‘My husband Simon and I had been renting previously and when we started looking to buy, we were open to anything,’ she says. ‘Of all the properties we viewed, this was by far and away the best house for the money. Our minds were finally made up when we had dinner at the local pub, conveniently sited just…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Country house, built in 1850 LOCATION Berkshire ROOMS Sitting room, kitchen, study, garden room, playroom, four bedrooms, bathroom PURCHASED 2007 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We used to live in a shared house in Italy before this,’ says Catherine. Creating the oft-longed-for ‘forever family home’ that’s cosy and full of personality takes more than just a good eye for pattern and colour, though artist Catherine Ingleby certainly has that in spades. In the Berkshire home she shares with husband Peter, and their children Hugh, 6, and Serena, 4, she demonstrates her passion for painterly hues, pretty florals and a variety of motifs. ‘Being an artist, I’ve never been a huge fan of neutral decor,’ says Catherine. ‘I love using strong colours, such as the ochre in the kitchen…

REPLANNED HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Garden flat in a Victorian conversion LOCATION London ROOMS Sitting room, kitchen-diner, three bedrooms (one en suite), bathroom PURCHASED 2011 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘This place is our first home together,’ says Amit. When Amit Unadkat first saw his garden flat, there didn’t seem to be a great deal in its favour. Cramped and dated, it formed part of a Victorian four-storey property on a plot punctuated by four garages running in zigzags along one side. But the apartment had attractive high ceilings and large windows, and was located in a pretty, leafy part of northwest London. ‘I’d been looking a while and dropped in to view this place on the way to my friend’s wedding,’ says Amit. Little did he know that by the time the…

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INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Top-floor flat in a modern apartment block LOCATION Southeast London ROOMS Sitting room/dining area, kitchen, two bedrooms (one en suite), bathroom PURCHASED 2006 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘I lived in a one-bedroom flat just around the corner,’ says Jocelyn. Since moving to southeast London 12 years ago, Jocelyn Land has seen the area go from strength to strength. ‘I originally came here because of the river views and great transport links, but now it has lots of wonderful cafés and restaurants,’ says Jocelyn, a partner in a law firm. So it was no surprise that she wanted to stay local when she decided to upsize from her one-bedroom flat. ‘In fact, I ended up moving just round the corner.’ The appeal of her new two-bedroom apartment, which…

DISTINCTIVE HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Detached Victorian house LOCATION Kent ROOMS Hall, sitting room, kitchen-diner, office, two bedrooms, bathroom PURCHASED 2012 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We moved from a Georgian apartment in southeast London, as we wanted a garden for our little girl to play in,’ says Naomi. The two-bedroom Kent home Naomi Jones shares with her husband Dan Turner and their daughter Lillie-Mae, 4, is clear evidence of her fondness for vibrant shades. A trio of skateboards over the fireplace, graphic artwork in the kitchen and home office, and framed maps in the bedroom all play their part to liven up the walls. ‘Being surrounded by colour at home is really important to me,’ says Naomi, an interior stylist and writer. Offering a cohesive backdrop to the couple’s varied collections is…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Early 20th-century townhouse LOCATION Oisterwijk, Netherlands ROOMS Hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen, office, sunroom, five bedrooms, two bathrooms PURCHASED 2007 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘Before moving here, we lived in a semi-detached house in The Hague,’ says Marieke. Finding and creating the perfect family home took some time for Marieke van Mameren and husband Ralph, who spent more than a year scouring the Noord-Brabant region of the Netherlands. ‘When we first saw this place online, I was sceptical as there’s a railway line nearby,’ recalls Marieke. ‘But we viewed the property anyway and loved it from the moment we stepped inside. We needn’t have worried about the trains, either, as you can’t hear anything.’ The couple moved here nine years ago, but Ralph sadly passed away…

DISTINCTIVE HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Restored farmhouse and outbuildings LOCATION Kilkenny, Ireland ROOMS Hall, drawing room, kitchen-diner/sitting room, study, utility room, gallery, studio, four bedrooms, two bathrooms, plus a three-bedroom annex PURCHASED 2006 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We lived in a Victorian red-brick house in Dublin,’ says Felicia. A desire to swap the anonymity and pace of city living for a country retreat is what led Felicia and Roland Hulme-Beaman to move from a Victorian red-brick house in Dublin to a stunning contemporary farmhouse in County Kilkenny. ‘We both wanted a break from the city and were longing for a rural existence,’ explains Felicia. ‘Roland had been brought up on a farm in Gloucestershire and had happy memories of life there, so we decided that once the children had finished their education,…

REPLANNED HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Farmhouse, originally built in 1668 LOCATION Sussex ROOMS Hall, sitting room, drawing room, dining room, kitchen-diner, study, studio, utility room, five bedrooms (two en suite), two bathrooms PURCHASED 2002 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We had a villa in France before moving here,’ says Anna. When Rupert and Anna Jackson sold their property in St Tropez, they were free to look for an English substitute – a bolthole in the country for holidays and weekend breaks. Determined to find something not too far from London, and with three grown-up boys who still occasionally come home at weekends, they needed bedrooms for everyone, plus rooms for entertaining, a study for Rupert and a studio for Anna, an artist. The pair submitted their wish list to a property finder in…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Ground-floor apartment LOCATION Southwest London ROOMS Hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen, cloakroom, two bedrooms (both en suite) PURCHASED 2012 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We moved here from a flat a few floors upstairs,’ says Malcolm. Malcolm and Elaine Wilde had owned a three-bedroom flat on the top floor of a smart building in southwest London for 10 years before they decided to sell it. ‘The apartment was only really used by our grown-up children or when we visited from Asia, where I was working at the time,’ says Malcolm. ‘So when we moved back to the UK permanently, we felt somewhere with fewer but larger rooms would suit us better, and preferably not on the third floor.’ Then one day the pair got chatting to the…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Traditional 1920s house LOCATION Forserum, Sweden ROOMS Hall, sitting room, kitchen-diner, three bedrooms, two bathrooms PURCHASED 2005 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We used to live in an apartment in the middle of town,’ says Mia. When it comes to buying a home, most people like to shop around. However, for Mia and Jon Peterson, house hunting proved to be a case of love at first sight. ‘I was pregnant with our first child at the time, and as soon as we walked into this traditional 1920s house, I burst into tears because I knew we’d found our forever home,’ says Mia. ‘It was the first property we’d viewed, but that didn’t stop us buying it straight away.’ Ten years later and the same house is now also…

DISTINCTIVE HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Converted factory, built in 1853 LOCATION East London ROOMS Sitting room/dining room, kitchen, mezzanine bedroom, bathroom PURCHASED 2009 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We were living in our own separate places in London before we moved in here together,’ says Kate. When Kate Francis and her partner Jo Hudson decided to move in together, they had quite a few decisions to make. ‘We had to figure out how we’d merge all of our possessions and create a space where we’d both feel at home,’ explains Kate. ‘Jo would love to live in a white box, whereas I’m drawn to anything that’s made from wood. But somehow, we’ve managed to blend our two styles and create a well-balanced interior.’ As soon as they found this apartment in a converted…

INSPIRING HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Detached 1850s former priest’s house LOCATION Montreuil, Northwest France ROOMS Sitting room, dining room, kitchen-diner, study, utility, three bedrooms, three bathrooms PURCHASED 2012 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We used to run a B&B in a manor house nearby,’ says Jennifer. Jennifer and Helmut Gorlich may have recently downsized, but their smart red-brick village house is hardly of cottage proportions. The couple, who ran a hotel in England before moving to France, first restored a classic manoir in the north of France, transforming it into a luxury B&B. They settled easily into their new life, becoming immersed in the local community and exploring the country. After selling this place, the couple then fell for the charms of a former priest’s house in the same area of the country.…

REPLANNED HOME TRUTHS THE PROPERTY Detached Grade II listed country house LOCATION Devon ROOMS Hall, sitting room, library, family room, kitchen-diner, utility room, cocktail room, cloakroom, six bedrooms (three en suite), bathroom PURCHASED 2013 PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We rented a family house nearby for a while,’ says Sarah. After successful careers in London and then travelling for a year with their two children, Sarah and Jasper Westaway were ready to put down some roots. Both had grown up in Devon and were keen to settle near their families. ‘We had no style of house in mind,’ says Sarah, ‘but we wanted a place we could make our mark on and where Zac, now 9, and Stella, 7, could run about freely.’ When they arrived at a period property, set in spacious…

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Spring is almost here, so it’s the perfect time to freshen up your living space, and sometimes it’s the smallest of changes that make the biggest difference. Warm yellow hues add an instant ray of sunshine and are easy to incorporate into many different schemes. This sitting room is the perfect example. A light golden feature wall creates a striking focal point, while sumptuous cushions in an array of white, grey and yellow patterns help the space feel cosy and inviting. The neutral beige sofa lets this colourful display keep all the attention, while a handful of other accessories in pops of lemon plus a floral arrangement help bring everything together. To finish off the design, the stylish glass coffee table, with its edgy black structure, breaks up the look…