Oxfordshire Limited Edition – July 2019

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betherefromtheoutset,whenallthekey
planningissuesarise.“Ideally,weliketobe
involvedrightatthestartoftheprocess,”she
says.“Usuallythere’sanarchitect,andifwe
canbeinvolvedatthestartwecanmakesure
theclientisgettingeverythingtheyneed.We
haveanumberofpreferredsuppliersthatwe
use,fromarchitectstometalworkstoflooring
companies.Ithinkthedesignelementis
verymuchus,thenwedrawonexperts
fromanumberofpeopleweworkwithona
regularbasis.”
Whilethestyleisuptotheclient,Jillsays
mostwant“easycontemporary”.Sheand
Claredon’ttrytorailroadthem,butthey
dogivegentleencouragement.“Weliketo
pushdesignandlettheclientrollittoaplace
wheretheyfeelcomfortable,”saysJill.“You’re
notnecessarilygoingtopushyourselfthat
way.It’sreassuringtosay,‘Yesitwillwork.
Itisdifferentbutyoucandoit.’Different
peoplehavedifferentcomfortzonesbutit’s
goodtopushpeopleoutsidethem.”
Whatthepairalwaystrytoincorporate

‘Weliketopushdesignandlettheclientrollitto

aplacewheretheyfeelcomfortable’

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