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RURAL HEART Millie’s House is the safe haven we all crave By Matilda Walton 76 I BATH LIFE I www.mediaclash.co.uk
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n 2020, our year of exploring the great indoors, cosiness has taken on a sacred quality. Throughout these peculiar months, kitchens around the country have filled with the scent of freshly-baked sourdough, and longabandoned crafting ambitions found themselves dusted off and embraced, again. A lot of us began to yearn for some alternative to the minimalist look that has dominated décor trends for so long, and so rose ‘vintage maximalism’, a style drawing inspiration from flea market finds of the kind you might see in your grandmother’s living room. The pull toward the simpler life – or, at least, an idea of it – that has gained so much momentum this year feels like a fair response. We’re all reaching for comfort as we stumble through this period of mass uncertainty. You may not be aware, as you bake and crochet in the comfort of your own living room that this feeling has been given a name: Cottagecore. Championed by
