ENGLISH HOME
Vibrant new fabric and wallpaper designs
ROOM TO ROAM
FEATURE KERRYN HARPER-CUSS STYLING KERRYN HARPER-CUSS & NELS CROSTHWAITE EYRE PHOTOGRAPHY BOZ GAGOVSKI
The call of the country was strong for the Laxton family, and the rural home they have created is as uplifting and colourful as the life they live within it
Walls
in Venetian Red by Zoffany and a rug from Haliden Oriental Carpets have turned the sitting room into an inviting sanctuary. The sofa facing the fireplace is covered in Inara by Jane Churchill, while the second sofa is the Alwinton from Sofas & Stuff, and the ottoman from Balmain & Balmain is upholstered with a suzani from Manina Baumann in Cape Town. The fireplace fender seat has been reupholstered with Robert Kime’s Peacock Ikat.
THIS PAGE The walls of the dining room are painted in Chelsea Green by Paint & Paper Library, while the inherited Georgian dining chairs have been reupholstered in Link Beach from Hugh St Clair and the tablecloth was sourced from Faro Home.
OPPOSITE Climbing roses trained into an arch frame the view of the house from the garden at the rear.
SUFFOLK PUNCH
A colourful East Anglian village house and garden are filled with a treasure trove of antiques and decorative artefacts sourced from its owners’ forays around Europe
PHOTOGRAPHY ANDREAS VON EINSIEDEL
FEATURE AMANDA HARLING
Country STYLE
Warm and inviting, Charlotte Boundy’s comfortable Victorian terrace in London is the epitome of rural charm in the city
FEATURE CLAIR WAYMAN PHOTOGRAPHY PAUL WHITBREAD
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THIS PAGE British Standard cabinetry in Edward Bulmer Natural Paint’s Brunswick Green Deepand Lilac Pink is paired with adeVOL brass mixer tap and Delft tiles by Douglas Watson Studio. Curtains in Carlos Garcia’s Kandili add colour and pattern.
Pottery by James Burnett-Stuartand from Sunbury Antiques Market fills the Victorian dresserfrom Vintage Boathouse.
Brooke wall light from Jamb hangs abovethe stylised painting by Charlotte’s mother.
Embrace seasonal living and enjoy the harvests and sights of May & June
FEATURE KATY MCLEAN
NATURE In tune with NATURAL
SPECTACLE
Sea thrift a native perennial of England, is at its peak during June, when it can be seen covering coastlines in a hazy pink wash of colour. Also known as cliff clover, it flowers from spring into autumn, but it is in late spring and early summer that it truly comes into its own. To enjoy the natural beauty of this charming little flower, which in its masses provides a colourful contrast to blue skies and shifting seas, take a leisurely walk along one of England’s many coastal paths. Sea thrift is equally at home in a garden – it is a popular choice for adding to a rockery to give a cloud of pink blooms and echoes of England’s coastline.
