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The overall effect is gentle, modest, but hugely welcoming
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The owner inherited two
other old fireplaces with the house: one she has kept in its original position
and the other has been moved. The first, in the front ground floor dining
room, is Edwardian mahogany inlaid with deep blue tiles; she has picked
this colour up in her curtains, made in Nina Campbell’s ‘Braulen’
design, which looks very convincingly like Jacobean crewel work. The other
was a 1930s sugar-pink tiled confection which she found doing slightly incongruous
duty in the ground floor office. It looks far more at home now in a guest
bedroom on the second floor. Other pleasing period details around the house include two doors with lovely stained glass panels, one at the back of the hall and one into the bathroom, which is in a first floor extension, Houses inevitably reflect their owner’s personalities and this one is no exception; its overall effect is gentle, modest, but hugely welcoming. * Article kindly supplied by Mannin Media Group |
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