IN HARMONY

A modern classic aesthetic is perfectly in tune with both the period and contemporary features of Sarah and Rupert Davis’ listed house

- JANE CRITTENDEN

SITTING ROOM This space is in the extension, which has a striking ceiling with long skylight. Melrose Grand sofas in Sophie Storm, £1,999 each; Camford leather armchairs in Buffalo Antique, £1,099 each, all John Lewis & Partners. Carter coffee table, £625, Neptune

HOME TRUTHS

THE PROPERTY Detached Georgian house built in 1836

LOCATION Oxfordshire

ROOMS Sitting/dining room, kitchen, breakfast room, study, snug, utility room, cloakroom, three bedrooms (all en suite)

PURCHASED 2015

PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We lived in a military house overseas,’ says Sarah.

DINING AREA Space was made for a table in the sitting room. ‘We wanted a large table for entertaining,’ says Sarah. Harrogate dining table in Fog, £1,740; Calverston chairs in Clara Parchment, £310 each, all Neptune

After over a decade of living in military housing, both here and abroad, Sarah and Rupert Davis were ready to put down roots for their daughter, Grace, now 10, and buy their first home. ‘I served as an RAF officer for 21 years and military houses don’t change much, wherever you live, so we’d had the same furniture for ages because everything fitted,’ says Sarah. ‘I wanted to get away from blank magnolia walls and I couldn’t wait to apply my creative style in our own home.’