‘We planned the layout around the Aga that was already here, replacing the old-fashioned canopy with a modern, efficient extractor that doesn’t hide the beams.’
Try Aga R5 three-oven 100 electric, £11,020, Aga Living. Aga six-four cooker hood, £880, Garton King Appliances. Artist 009 framed print, £600, Robert Allen at RTA London
FRAMED ART Works instead of a splashback with an Aga, as each hob has its own protective back
Welcome to my home
Tamsin and her husband Robert live here with their daughter Siena, 16.
THE PROPERTY
A four-bedroom, 250-year-old thatched cottage in Alresford, Hampshire.
WHAT IT COST
Kitchen cupboards.......... ............................£23,000
Appliances..........£3,500
Sink..........................£475
Tap...........................£596
Worktop...............£3,000
Lighting...................£550
TOTAL.................£31,121
“I love having the wooden farmhouse table instead of an island – it’s where we hang out ”
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