COTTAGE KITCHEN Classic, rustic and patterned designs to enrich schemes.

Tartan butter dish, £45; Tartan egg cup plate, £27, both Matilda Goad

Hand-painted Leah Roseoval platter, £180, Zsuzanna Nyul at Cutter Brooks

Green Summer Flower ceramics, from £24.19 for a small plate, Simla blue and green tablecloth, Meadow’s Edge fabric, Lichen/Pale Rose, £84 a metre, Angie Lewin at St Jude’s

Dot Green charger plate, £40, Daylesford

Emma Lacy Everyday Breakfast bowl, £38, Bluebellgray

Pacey cutting board, from £39.95, CharlesTed Interiors

COTTAGE KITCHEN

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 1lMatt, William Yeoward East Sussex Cottage collection bar stool, £495; Contorno cushion cover in Alchemilla, £60, all Oka

R7 150electric cooker with induction hob in Olivine, £15,245, Aga

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 Small Kinds soap, £10 for a set of three, National Trust Shop

Hawkdale mango wood and marble kitchen island, £1,250, Perch & Parrow