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Appletree Cottage
Their English Country Cottages We actually talked ourselves out of buying it as we said it was too small and over budget, but by the next day we were back and making an offer Katie Sant Katie and her husband Paul fell completely in love with this over budget, way too small but utterly gorgeous and sweetly named cottage. The couple actually talked themselves out of buying it as they decided…
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Planting Cosmos – The cheats method
For me, cosmos is, the classic cut flower. They don’t take huge amounts of effort to grow and they always reward with lots of gorgeous flowers. As a result, cosmos is always on my shopping list for the Summer. It’s such a pretty flower, coming in a range of colours, and I challenge you not to find one that will work in your garden. The best part is it’s not too late to plant, so why not follow…
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Red Lion Cottage
Their English Country Cottages I’m a big believer of a certain feeling you get when viewing houses, this one immediately felt like home, I could see through the work that needed to be done and the prospect of having something to call my own was incredibly exciting. Fiona McGoun Fiona McGoun and her partner Roger live in this beautiful Buckinghamshire cottage. Fiona has worked across business development, luxury events and…
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Darling Dahlias are in the ground!
The dahlias are in; I repeat the dahlias are in! I’m going to let you into a little secret; I’m a little behind on my cut flower garden. I knew I was when my potted-up dahlias started to form flower buds! At this point I decided that I really needed to get my act into gear, clear the Spring bulbs and crack on with the Summer flowers. Here’s a quick summary of what last Sunday…
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Yew Tree Cottage
Their English Country Cottages We fell in love instantly and only spent 5 mins inside the house on the viewing before we knew we wanted it. We spent so little time in the house on the viewing we didn’t even notice it had a cellar. Vanessa Price Vanessa and her firefighter husband Steve live in this stunning Cotswold Village cottage along with their rescue dog Stella and two pet pigs…
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Welcome To My English Country Cottage
In May 2020 our little thatched cottage was featured in Period Living Magazine. It was the culmination of 7 years of creating a family home with my “effortless rural style” – I have taken this as a positive comment on my interior design style rather than a reference to the lack of housekeeping, muddy wellies and occasional strange smell and have created a website to write about interiors, gardening, recipes…
