Whether you live in the town or countryside, in Country Living you’ll find a wealth of ideas for your home and garden, learn about traditional crafts, keep informed of rural issues, enjoy irresistible dishes using seasonal produce and, above all, escape the stress and strain of modern-day life.
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WORDS FROM THE EDITOR
Folk tales • SIMPLE, PRACTICAL AND HANDMADE, THIS CHARMING STYLE CELEBRATES ALL THAT IS CUSTOMARY AND CULTURAL
Folk tales • INSPIRED BY EASTERN EUROPEAN WOODWORK, DECORATIVE PAINTWORK OF TRADITIONAL CANAL BOATS AND THE EARTHIER COLOURS OF THE AMERICAN SHAKER MOVEMENT, THIS IS A TRADITIONAL CHOICE LACED WITH THE ONE-OFF ORIGINALITY OF HANDCRAFTED MAKES AND HAND-PAINTED FINISHES. MIX CRAFTSMAN-FASHIONED FURNITURE AND ARTEFACTS WITH SCHOOLROOM PROJECTS AND DISPLAY FLEA-MARKET TRINKETS BESIDE NATURAL TREASURES.
Welsh blankets
VINTAGE IN OULTON
A simple PLAN • A MIX OF HISTORIC OBJECTS AND FOLK MOTIFS IS DISPLAYED TO GREAT EFFECT IN THIS WELSH GEORGIAN HOME
Carved wooden moulds
BOWLEY & JACKSON
Heart of the COUNTRY • A CREATIVE CRAFTWORKER HAS INBUED REELS OF PERSONALITY AND PERIOD CHARM INTO AN EDWARDIAN FARMWORKER’S COTTAGE IN EAST SUSSEX
Terracotta dairy bowls
SARA HUGHES
Time and TRADITION • ADDING HERITAGE CRAFTS AND LOCALLY MADE ANTIQUITIES, CHRISTINE AND PHILIP HAVARD HAVE RESTORED CHARACTER AND COLOUR TO THEIR WELSH COTTAGE IN BANNAU BRYCHEINIOG
Modern retro • PRIMARY COLOURS, GRAPHIC SHAPES AND MID-CENTURY FURNITURE BLEND BEAUTIFULLY FOR EXTRA PERSONALITY AND PIZZAZZ
Modern retro • IT’S HARD TO JUDGE THE EXACT MOMENT WHEN A STYLE GETS REHABILITATED FROM ‘DATED’ TO ‘RETRO’. BUT JUST AS FLARED JEANS AND BOHO MILKMAID DRESSES REAPPEARED ON THE FASHION PAGES, SO THE TAPERED TABLE LEGS AND SLIM STANDARD LAMPS OF THE 1970S HAVE FOUND THEIR WAY BACK INTO OUR HOMES. THINK HEAL’S AND HABITAT – PART FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN SLEEK MODERNITY, PART SIXTIES PSYCHEDELIA, SERVING UP FUNCTIONALITY WITH A DASH OF FUN.
Vintage radios
PROPER OLD
Flash of GENIUS • ORIGINAL RETRO PIECES WITH SPARKS OF COLOUR HAVE BROUGHT LIFE TO A TRADITIONAL WILTSHIRE STONE COTTAGE
Homemaker ceramics
DANISH HOMESTORE
Colour POP • INVENTIVE STYLING AND BURSTS OF NEON BRIGHTNESS UNITE MODERN AND RETRO IN A SIXTIES COPENHAGEN VILLA
English eccentric • LET YOUR CREATIVITY RUN WILD AND INTRODUCE AN OUTLANDISH MIX OF COLOURS, SHAPES AND PATTERNS. ANYTHING GOES…
English eccentric • THIS IS THE LOOK TO EMBRACE IF YOU DON’T WANT TO BE BOXED IN BY ONE SPECIFIC STYLE. EXUBERANT AND THEATRICAL, IT LETS YOU MIX CONTRASTING PATTERNS, DISPLAY QUIRKY COLLECTIBLES AND PUT INHERITED FURNITURE ALONGSIDE FAIRGROUND PRIZES WITHOUT WORRYING THAT IT ‘DOESN’T GO’. BUT DON’T LET IT BECOME CONSCIENCE-FREE CLUTTER. ECCENTRICITY NEEDS CAREFUL CURATING TO AVOID TOTAL CONFUSION, SO BE PREPARED TO ‘EDIT’ EACH ROOM FOR MAXIMUM IMPACT.
Tolix chairs
VINTAGEFRESH
All in THE MIX • WITH A WONDERFULLY ECLECTIC HOARD OF VINTAGE FINDS, SCANDINAVIAN INFLUENCES AND A BOLD PALETTE, A SPACIOUS GARDEN FLAT IS NOW A CHARACTERFUL FAMILY HOME
Ladybird books
FIR TREE HOUSE VINTAGE
Free SPIRIT • A PASSION FOR FLORAL PRINTS AND QUIRKY VINTAGE FINDS HAS BROUGHT PERSONALITY AND PANACHE TO A YORKSHIRE FARMHOUSE
Simply salvaged • ADD A RUSTIC AND RECLAIMED FEEL TO YOUR INTERIOR WITH TEXTURAL MATERIALS CLEVERLY REPURPOSED TO EXTEND THEIR LIFE
Simply salvaged • ROBUST AND PRACTICAL, RECYCLED FURNISHINGS EVOKE THE PLEASURE OF THE FAMILIAR, AN UNDERSTANDING OF MATERIALS WELL-USED IN THE PAST, SCHOOL AND SHOP FITTINGS REMEMBERED FROM CHILDHOOD. THEY REASSURE YOU THAT YOUR FURNISHING CHOICES ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY...