The imaginative interior of this converted barn certainly proves that small does not have to be dull, and in fact offers the opportunity to design quirky open-plan spaces…
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Shortly after embarking on my freelance career, I had the pleasure of visiting a part of France I’d never been to before: Brittany. Photographer Rob Sanderson and I traveled by ferry then took the short drive to our location for the week: Celine Lamour’s incredible farmhouse and gites, where we styled and shot, among others, this charming yet cool former forge…
Anyone who knows me knows I love homes full of treasures, and when I turn up to style a shoot, I love to carefully arrange the homeowner’s finds to create beautiful images with the photographer. Lisa Piddington had enough car-boot collections for two or three shoots, but I chose to display her more colourful items in our shots, and allow all those fabulous florals to blossom…
This glorious house in the woods was my first photo shoot as a freelance writer and stylist. It made a magical start to the new chapter in my life: Phil and Philippa’s warm welcome was a wonderful way to begin my journey into the unknown world of self-employment. And their home makes a wonderful location not just for our incredibly festive photo shoot but for the dozens of friends and family members who drop in over the Christmas holidays…
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