SHOPPING
Meadow’s Edge fabric, Lichen/Pale Rose, £84 a metre, Angie Lewin at St Jude’s
Tartan butter dish, £45; Tartan egg cup plate, £27, both Matilda Goad Hand-painted Leah Rose oval platter, £180, Zsuzanna Nyul at Cutter Brooks
Green Summer Flower ceramics, from £24.19 for a small plate, Simla blue and green tablecloth,
Dot Green charger plate, £40, Daylesford
COTTAGE KITCHEN
Emma Lacy Everyday Breakfast bowl, £38, Bluebellgray
For an effortless mood, mix classic cottage kitchen pieces with rustic designs and pretty patterns that will uplift the room. Blending styles keeps the scheme from feeling contrived and traditional pieces in soothing contemporary colours add freshness to characterful cottage features. Sourcing furnishings, lighting and practical essentials in wooden textures anchors the room with a befitting country connection. Layer this calming foundation with linens and fabrics in lively prints, such as checks and florals, alongside a sprinkling of brightly toned accessories.
Lemon Drizzle Cake paint and Whispering Angel paint, both £31 for 1l Matt, William Yeoward
Pacey cutting board, from £39.95, CharlesTed Interiors
Small Kinds soap, £10 for a set of three, National Trust Shop
East Sussex Cottage collection bar stool, £495; Contorno cushion cover in Alchemilla, £60, all Oka
The Dryad rattan whalebone chair, £2,900; Loose cushion, from £450, both Soane Britain Ruffle Gingham linen tablecloth in Dusty Pink and Denim Blue, from £189, Rebecca Udall 32 THE ENGLISH HOME
Hawkdale mango wood and marble kitchen island, £1,250, Perch & Parrow
FEATURE SUZANNA LE GROVE PHOTOGRAPHS (DAYLESFORD) © NEIL WATSON; (OKA) © DAMIAN RUSSELL; (ANGIE LEWIN) © MIKE ELLIS
R7 150 electric cooker with induction hob in Olivine, £15,245, Aga
