Welcome To My English Country Cottage

© Period Living Magazine May 2020
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 and country living.
I write daily posts on Instagram that are also available here to the right of the front page about our life in the countryside in a slightly dilapidated but much loved thatched cottage. There are other English country cottages to explore, interiors styling and blogs from the magazine shoots that I work on every now and then. There are Pantry Recipes from the super talented Lucy @lucyhoylecooks and a cutting garden feature written by the lovely Karen who runs a floristry pop up “FlowersandlifestylebyMargot”. There are also monthly book recommendation from me and the amazing Rebecca Fletcher “Are You Sitting Comfortably?”
I hope that maybe you can lose yourself for a couple of minutes with a nice cup of tea and a skip through the beautiful English Countryside. xxx
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I look forward to reading your posts each day. They make me laugh so much and even nod in sympathy but they are so endearing because they are the unvarnished truth! 💕 💕 💕
Maureen, you are so lovely, thank you for all your wonderful comments and support, they really do keep me going. Rxxxx
Like!! Great article post.Really thank you! Really Cool.
Thank you so much. Best wishes, Rebecca
I have just found your website and blogs and I love it! I just bought a farmhouse in the countryside of France and I will enjoy your posts to give me inspiration!
Oh that’s so kind!! Thank you so very much! How exciting for you and how romantic! Happy new home 💕💕💕
Where did you get that cute white dress that is in the Country Living Magazine? Thanks.
Ohh thank you so much! I bought it in an independent shop in Suffolk a couple of years ago. I am so sorry not to be of more help!!! Thank you so much, Rxxx
Saw your article in Country Living Magazine. Is it too late to ask where you got your dress you are wearing on p. 66 and in the above photo? Thank you
Oh how wonderful! Thank you so much! It was from a local shop in Suffolk a couple of years ago now. I am so sorry not to be more helpful. Thank you so much for messaging xxxxxx
Justfound your site after seeing you on TV I think it was About Anglia . I love looking at old cottages and love old things, I used to live in a very old cottage, but not any longer. I also have just bought and am reading The Witchfinders Sister.
Oh amazing!!! She is such a fabulous writer isn’t she? Oh I hope you are enjoying it. Thank you so much for watching the interview- it was sooo terrifying but so much fun!!! Thank you so much, Rebecca xxx
Hi have just finished The Witchfinders Sister, very good, has she written anything else.
Oh that’s wonderful news! So far it’s only the two books!!! Oh thank you so much xxx
Hello,
Loved CL article and your comfy looking slipcovered sofas. Where did you find them?
Oh that’s so kind! Thank you so much!!! I bought them years ago from Sofaworkshop! I list after Rachel Ashwells’s slipcovers – I wish she still sold in that UK, they are so dreamy! Thank you so much for messaging xxxxx