25 Beautiful Homes – July 2019

25bh |

for stockistsgo to where to buy

thirties semi

last wor d‘AnythingI can’tusebutwhichstillhaslifeinit,I willsellorpost on

Freegle – I just can’t bear the thought of adding to the landfill problem’

strippedbacktothebarebrickandthefireplace

wasopeneduptohousea logburner.

Althoughthistransformationhascompletely

revolutionisedthewaythecoupleliveintheir

home,it is nottheirfirstproject,norwillit be

theirlast.‘Whenwefirstmovedin,overa decade

ago,weneededmorebedroomsforteensand

tweenswhocouldnolongershare,’explains

Claire,‘sowedecidedtobuilda two-storey

extensiontoprovidetheextraspace.Thesespare

roomsnowcomeinhandyforadditionalstorage

intherunuptotheConistonVintageSummer

Shop,whereI havea largestandfor my vintage

waresandupcycledfurniture.’

Meanwhile,Claireplanstocontinuethe

constantredecoratingofherhome.‘It’sdefinitely

a workinprogress,’shesays.‘I personallydon’t

thinkyoucancreatea homeinonego– it needs

toevolveovertime,asyourlifedoes.

‘WhenI lookaroundmyhouse,I lovethefact

thatit’ssoeclecticanddifferent,’Clairecontinues.

‘Wedefinitelymademydreamcometruehere,

butwho knows what’s around the corner!’

masterBedroom

Claire’sknackforeffortlessly

combiningmismatched

piecesisfullyshowcasedin

thisbright,invitingspace.

Fora similarbedstead,try

boroughwharfCarshalton,

£133fora standarddouble,

wayfair.Crochetblankets,

from£40,thriftwoodVintage

Bathroom

redisa runningtheme

throughoutthehouseand

therescuedandrepainted

roll-topbathmakesa

strikingcentrepiece.

Fora similarbathpaint,try

radicchioestateeggshell,

£26for750ml,Farrow&ball.

Starfloortileretroblack

whiteluxuryvinyltile,

£28.99sqm,Carpetright.

bespokeshelfunits,from

£40, thriftwood Vintage

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