BEAUTY & UTILITY Ancillary room buys

Westbury White Horse luxury matches, £6, Heavenly Homes and Gardens Living Nostalgia French grey laundry tin, £19.95, Kitchen Craft

Boot room painted in Icicle, £24.50 for 0.94l, Benjamin Moore Niwaki garden scissors, £30, David Austin Roses

Original walking stick set with stand, £11,640, Richard Nissen from The Kairos Collective BEAUTY & UTILITY

Often considered a desirable luxury, an ancillary room – be it a boot room, laundry, pantry or flower room – is one of the most useful and hard-working parts of a country home. Rural life makes it essential to have a space to remove muddy wellies, wash paws and stow away leads and walking sticks. A place to manage laundry or keep tools and utensils out of sight, or simply indulge in arranging freshly gathered flowers, is also a boon. Whilst such ancillary spaces are primarily functional, a few smart additions will ensure they are stylish and a joy to use too.

Little straw table broom, £8, Curious Egg

Chalford Wall Dryer, £110, Garden Trading Personalised boot rack in natural European oak, £129.50, The Engraved Oak Company

Plant-based laundry range, from £5.95, Kinn

Natural Suffolk rush oval pet basket, from £190 (small), Nicholas Engert Grey and brass mounted hooks, £75, Cox & Cox

Harris Tweed dog lead in Achamore Brown, £84, Holly & Lil at CharleyChau