The English Home June 2024 - Sample Issue

• Garden furniture & accessories

• Fresh ways with archive prints

The woodwork in the utility room beyond the kitchen has been painted in Paint & Paper Library’s Truffle. The sink is from the Whitebirk Sink Company and the limestone tiles are from Floors of Stone.

OPPOSITE The family’s Persian cat, Mittens, is very much at home here. The walls have been lime-washed in a blend of Kalklitir’s Calce and Aaido Primo, mixed by Nicola. A porcelain pendant light from deVOL adds a pretty finishing touch.

Character BUILDING

Shocked by the condition of a soulless, neglected farmhouse, Nicola Huthwaite went the extra mile to secure the sale and sensitively create a much-loved home

FEATURE JANET MCMEEKIN PHOTOGRAPHY RACHAEL SMITH

Country style CITY LIVING

With its generously proportioned lateral layout and abundance of light, this home is imbued with all the charm of a country house while being moments from the bustle of chic Wimbledon Village

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OPPOSITE During the summer months the front of the house is festooned with roses, their fragrance adding to the pleasure of outdoor entertaining.

PAGE A set of Lloyd Loom chairs sprayed gold at Lucy’s behest, provide a contrast to the simple French refectory dining table. On either side of the mirror, books and memorabilia are displayed on Vitsœ shelves. The

reclaimed elm floorboards in random widths were sourced from Bert & May.

RETURN OF THE NATIVE

Delighted to be back in England, renowned US-based interior designer Kathryn Ireland gives a first-hand account of renovating a special client’s Cotswolds home

PHOTOGRAPHY JAMES MERRELL PORTRAIT SUE HUDELSON

The exterior of the honey-hued Cotswold stone farmhouse.

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centrepiece of the formal sitting room is a wall hanging found at the Joss Graham Gallery in London. The ottoman is upholstered in Kintbury Stripe from the Guy Goodfellow Collection and the curtains were made from panels found at Louisa Maybury Textiles in Woodstock. The club fender came from Jamb and the original Chesterfield from Patricia Harvey Antiques. It is flanked by a pair of standing lamps from Macintosh Antiques, where I also sourced the spectacular gilt overmantel mirror.

Place the table in the most beautiful area of the garden, so guests can enjoy the full splendour of the flowers in bloom. Potted plants and trees can be moved into position and used to add further interest.

GARDEN PARTY

From shimmering chandeliers to floral flourishes, interior designer Katharine Pooley serves up some expert advice on how to add a sense of occasion to a garden party

If a special celebration such as a wedding, anniversary or significant birthday happens to coincide with a spell of glorious weather over the summer months, take the opportunity to entertain guests outdoors with a table styled to perfection and set against the backdrop of a garden in full bloom. Interior designer Katharine Pooley says, “Picking accent colours that will work well with the ‘borrowed view’ of the surrounding gardens is important in creating a coherent narrative. I love light blues, dusky pinks and soft purples, greens and whites in my flower borders, so I try to incorporate these tones in the table dressing too – classic English flowers like delphiniums and roses always work 

DESIGN INSIGHT

An eaves guest bedroom by Olivine Design features William Morris’s iconic Fruit wallpaper for a relaxed and playful feel. A chair in Fermoie’s Wicker contemporises the look.