After living in London for 20 years, interior designer Katherine Clark and her family relocated to Suffolk, taking on a huge barn conversion project to create a contemporary rural home. We find out more…
WHAT DREW YOU TO SUFFOLK?
‘My grandparents and mother had grown up in the county, and about 14 years ago my parents moved back to Bury St Edmunds. We used to come and visit from London for weekends and slowly discovered the area, finding good restaurants and places we’d like to go to - important things to us before we had the confidence to make the move. At that time, properties were still really good value for money, especially with us coming from London. That’s when we found the barn for sale and decided to go for it.’
WHAT WAS THE PROPERTY LIKE?
This story is from the May 2024 edition of Ideal Home UK.
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