A year in the Cotswolds

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Kitchen garden planning (sort of)
The greenhouse has arrived, which means I’ve officially entered my 'kitchen garden era'. It's the phase of life where you start saying things like…
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Window dressing for old (and cold) houses
buying a period house also means declaring a long-term relationship with draughts
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The restoration files: the pantry
first post in the series: all about creating a beautiful, functional pantry of my dreams
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Eight weeks in: open doors, started projects & the promise of plenty of apples
eight weeks of living with creaks, leaks, and more character than a Jane Austen novel. here’s everything we’ve been up to…
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Four weeks in: what we’ve actually done to the house so far
Everyone keeps asking what our reno plans for the new house are. Here they are: what we’ve done so far - and what’s next.
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Inside our first week living in a long-empty Georgian house
Windows open, boxes everywhere, and one industrial dehumidifier: our first week in the Georgian manor (with all the photos I didn’t share on Instagram)
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How to design a garden: a beginner’s guide
As with most things in life, I’m doing this the only way I know how: with an enthusiastic but entirely unqualified 'let's see how this goes' -approach.
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