FORMAL LIVING ROOM
The two chairs, two wall lights and the art hit a contemporary note in this otherwise classic country house scheme.
Walls in Down Pipe, Farrow & Ball. Fireplace, Chesneys. Archie ottoman, Arlo & Jacob. Vintage chairs, Vinterior. Rug, Knotistry
home profile
THE OWNERS
Heide and Nick Miller. Nick is a mortgage broker and Heide works in e-commerce. They live here with their one-year-old daughter Phoebe and dog Pedro.
DESIGNER
Rebecca Wakefield, founder and director of London-based Studio Fortnum. She is passionate about creating stylish, calm and unpretentious interiors with an emphasis on textures and materiality.
THE PROPERTY
An 18th-century home with new extension. There are four bedrooms, three en-suite bathrooms and a family bathroom upstairs. Downstairs, there is a living room, two utility rooms, kitchen with a snug area/playroom, reception room, boot room and cloakroom. There is also a garage with an en-suite bedroom above it.
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