INTERIORS A bolt from the blue

Bolts from the BLUE

Cool, restful and pairing beautifully with white, this month we’ve fabrics and furnishings from light blue to the deepest indigo from the area’s leading independent interior designers...

This Spread: Rufolo fabrics from William Yeoward, over the company’s Morris Queen Bed in greyed oak £8,989.

Above Left: Harlequin Dentella from the Paloma range is available in powder blue and soft grey colourways. Above Right: Harlequin Mirador; curtains in Alvaro, throw in Amalfi. Below: Clarke & Clarke’s brand new Eco collection with weaves and textures in sky blue and indigo. Opposite Page: Sanderson’s Maelee wallpaper in mineral colour scheme and fabrics from the Bilberry range.

Sanderson Art of the Garden fabrics, with sofa in Woodland Plain, curtains in Fig Harvest and cushions in Baroque Trellis and Fig Harvest.

Above Left: William Yeoward Mérida, Flores and Lakhama in Peacock and Indigo colourway. Above Right: W Morris Pure Trellis rug, four sizes from 140cm x 200cm to 250cm x 350cm, from £514. Below: William Yeoward Brinkstone dining table, £5,950; Limpton chair in Yeoward fabric, Avalone mirror in antique bronze £1,750. Alfie turquoise lamp £995; Appia console lamps £450/ea.

Lincolnshire Suppliers: Aitch Interiors: 01522 810961, www.aitchinteriors.co.uk. Anelise Home: 01522 530400, www.anelisehome.co.uk. Delcor: 01780 762579, www.delcor.co.uk. Elizabeth & Stevens: 01636 822000, www.elizabethandstevens.com. Lees Furnishers: 01472 353251, www.leesfurnishers.co.uk. Richard Sutton Interiors: 01472 268377, richardsuttondesigninteriors.com. Sack Store: 01205 310101, www.sackstore.co.uk. Stevensons: 01472 233111, www.stevensonsgroup.co.uk. n

Building The Communities of the FUTURE

As Ashwood Homes releases the first properties of its biggest ever development – Holbeach Meadows – Chairman Ashley King describes how its 900-home flagship project will create not just new homes, but a whole new community for future generations...

Words: Rob Davis.

“WE’VE BEEN BUILDING high quality homes for over 25 years,” says Ashley King. “I met someone who moved into one of our early homes recently, and over the past two-and-a-bit decades, they’ve married and had children, then their children have now left home and started families of their own, in their homes too.” “It goes to show that your home isn’t just bricks and mortar. It isn’t just the biggest investment you’ll make in your life either. It’s the place that you, and your children will live, conduct family life, laugh, cry and celebrate in, year after year.” Ashley and I are looking out over Holbeach Meadows. It’s the largest development the company has ever embarked on, comprising over 900 homes. These are not just new homes, this is an entirely new village, a soon-to-be thriving new community. >> 80

Top/Above: Holbeach Meadows is a development of 900 homes with between one and five bedrooms which will form a future community less than a mile from the town. Opposite: The Thames is the development’s five bed detached home.

“We need to invest care and thought and attention to detail into each home to ensure our future residents are happy here...”

Above: Executive Specification homes feature underfloor heating, USB charging points to master bedroom, plus 18mm solid kitchen units and induction hobs in the kitchen. >>“The way we feel about our home has a direct affect on our sense of happiness; our sense of security. That’s why we can’t afford to just build houses. We have to put care and thought and attention to detail into each one to ensure that our future residents will be happy here.” “That makes it sound daunting, but actually we love the job, we take a great deal of pride in it and none of us would have it any other way... hopefully that’s obvious to anyone who comes to look around the development.” Holbeach Meadows was granted planning permission in December 2016, and comprises 15 different house styles, with one to five bedrooms priced from £165,000 to £575,000. “We’ve designed properties to suit people at different stages of their lives from first time buyers eager to get a foothold on the property ladder – especially using schemes like Help to Buy – to those with growing families who need more space and ‘empty nester’ couples seeking a lower-maintenance, but still comfortable executive home.” The company has existing developments in Kirton, Spalding, Crowland, Cowbit and Swineshead, but Holbeach Meadows will change the landscape of Holbeach and create quality family homes including those with Executive Specification like integrated appliances, induction hobs and electric garage doors, plus landscaped grounds and energy efficiency for low running costs.

Above: Holbeach is a quiet rural town home to 10,500 people. Released in stages from spring 2021, all of the properties can be tailored to your chosen specification and feature a 10 year LABC warranty for peace of mind. The company also offers part-exchange to ensure you can make a quick transition into your new home. “Residents – especially those who come from older properties – report to us that they love the low-running costs of a brand new property, and also the fact that they can move straight in and add their own look and feel to their homes at their own pace,” says Ashley. “The development already has a great feel to it, and already seems like it’s going to be a thriving community of happy families. That’s probably the most exciting and rewarding aspect of working in our industry!” n

Let’s Move To: Holbeach Meadows...

The Thames: Located on premium plots, The Thames is the first of its kind at Ashwood Homes. With just over 3,000sq ft space, this stunning home has enough room for an ever-growing family, or for those who love larger spaces. Featuring an executive specification, five double bedrooms plus a guest suite, modern open plan style, underfloor heating to the ground floor, bi-fold doors and much more! This house type has so much potential!

Location: Holbeach 0.5 miles; Spalding 8.6 miles; Peterborough 23.3 miles. Development: Over 900 1-5 bed homes priced from £165,000 - £575,000. Community Facilities: New primary school, community hub and open spaces. House Styles: Broad range including The Dee, a modern two-bedroom starter home, featuring two double bedrooms each with an en suite bathroom. The Huntingdon is ideal for growing families, a three bedroom with garage. Meanwhile the Ribble is a beautiful executive four bedroom family home with a stunning open plan layout. The Town: Holbeach is a bustling and attractive Fenland town, situated in the South Holland District of South Lincolnshire. Surrounded by countryside and small, friendly villages, the whole Holbeach area is known for its strong communities and successful bulb and flower industry. The town is also home to the stunning All Saints Church, dating back to 1225, and the Manor House Hotel, in which Nobel Prize winner Sir Ralph Norman Angell was born in 1872. Presently, Holbeach is thriving and boasts many amenities for locals and visitors to enjoy. These include restaurants, takeaways, schools, pubs and much more. Holbeach is proud to have great education centres around the town, from nurseries to secondary schools. The town is also very family-friendly with lots of activities for parents and children alike. So if you’re looking for a new home in the heart of the Lincolnshire Fens, Holbeach’s beautiful semi-rural community could be perfect for you. n

Find Out More: The Holbeach Meadows development is being created by Ashwood Homes. It’s based on at Hallgate, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire PE12 7HZ. Call 01406 430940 or see www.ashwoodhomes.co for more information or a tour.

Alongside the style is the substance. Walk along Wellowgate, peek through the windows of Richard Sutton Designs and you’ll see all sorts of accessories for your home. Clocks, mirrors, photo frames, vases, tableware and glassware... all of those finishing touches that turn a house into a home. You’ll be forgiven, then, for thinking that the company dedicates most of its time and resources to curating a collection of smaller – but perfectly formed – items to make you smile every time you walk into a room. But in fact, the design skills and expertise of Richard Sutton’s 17-strong team spend much of their time helping to create your kitchen, bathroom, dressing room, reception room, study or utility, crafting bespoke cabinetry with real design flair and submillimetre accuracy. “It’s common for a kitchen to be referred to as bespoke when, in fact, its cabinetry or doors are purchased from a supplier,” says the firm’s Richard Sutton. “By contrast each of our kitchens, like the one shown here, begins life as solid beech, walnut, maple or oak. The worktops we create are seamless engineered stone and the tradespeople we use to create a client’s room are employed by us, not sub-contracted.” “Alongside a full project management service, that means we take full responsibility for the look, the quality and for the longevity of our work, and for the process of design and installation.” Richard Sutton Designs began life in 1994, with its Interiors homeware studio added three years ago. Since its creation the company has created kitchens from a competitive £25,000 to those with six figure sums, and appliances from names like Miele, Wolf & Sub-Zero, for which the company is a specialist supplier and installer. >>

Left: Richard Sutton Designs creates bespoke kitchens, bathrooms, dressing rooms, studies, utilities and other rooms, offering a full project management service.

“Working with one supplier is financially more efficient but also logistically easier, too,” says Richard. “Clients praise us for the fact that there’s a single, accountable contact taking responsibility for the job.”

>> Bathrooms from £15,000 plus studies, bedrooms, utility rooms and libraries are all spaces that the company can create using bespoke cabinetry. And with fittings and appliances, floor and wall tiles, bespoke upholstery and so on, the company offers a genuinely turnkey service. “Working with one supplier is financially more efficient but also logistically easier, too,” says Richard. “Clients praise us for the fact that there’s a single, accountable contact responsible for every aspect of the job.” “The kitchen shown here is a typical example of our work, but also one that we’re characteristically proud of. It was created from combining three separate rooms in an old Victorian farmhouse.” “We then created bespoke cabinetry in solid beech with an oak interior, painted in two-tone Farrow & Ball shades. We sourced engineered quartz Silestone surfaces which have a seamless appearance, with stain and moisture resistance. They’re also pleasingly cool to the touch with a solid feel.” “We created a surround for the client’s reconditioned four-oven Aga, and installed a Miele oven and dishwasher, Qooker tap and created a practical utility room with space for laundry appliances, coats and clutter.” “To work well, a kitchen not only has to look good but it has to function efficiently for a family despite having a multitude of uses.” “We all work, dine, cook and socialise as a family in modern kitchens, and it was a brief from the family that this kitchen should be the heart of the home.” “For that reason we created a bespoke table and banquette seating to sit around, working with the client’s colour scheme we created the upholstered seating area.” “We then sourced bar stools to create a casual dining area. Finishing touches like the wall clock glassware and vases helped to complete the room too.” “Creating amazing interiors is a real pleasure or us. We enjoy not just the finishing touches but giving each room a sense of solidity and quality, even in the bits you don’t normally see.” “The client was delighted and hopefully it’ll be a room they’ll love to live in, for years to come!” n

Find Out More: Richard Sutton Interiors is based on Wellowgate, Grimsby DN32 0RA. Call 01472 268377 or see www.richardsuttondesign.com for more information.

How Green is your Home...?

With winter on its way out and spring just around the corner, ‘now’s the time to replace draughty windows with modern – and green – windows and doors,’ says Roy Wakeman OBE, Chairman of the CTI (Confederation of Timber Industries) and of local Window and Door installer The New Window Company at Frieston Heath

It’s now widely recognised that global warming is a real issue, and that mankind has been the major factor in influencing events leading to the causes. Amongst them is the release of CO2 or carbon into the atmosphere and this has been a significant factor in damaging the ozone layer leading to global temperatures rising. So much so, that now all governments are targeting zero carbon either before – or by – 2050. In the UK the preferred target is to cut emissions by 68% by 2030. We already know that petrol and diesel powered vehicles are going to be phased out, and that the burning of fossil fuels will cease at some point in the future. Major changes, these are, but the single biggest action the world can take is to make use of the world’s oldest and versatile material for building and construction... namely timber. ‘It’s time to put timber at the heart of the climate debate.’ That was the headline used recently to report on the Climate Change Committee (CCC) release of their sixth Carbon Budget report which sets out a detailed and achievable ‘balanced’ route for the UK to drastically reduce emissions by 2050. The report recommends that the UK cuts its territorial emissions by at least 78% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels. To achieve this the CCC suggests ramping up the use of wood in construction, a £12 billion investment in a long-term refurbishment programme to existing housing stock that would create an additional 200,000 jobs by 2030 and plant two billion trees in the UK. So, timber-framed houses should be used as they are quicker to build and much easier to keep warm using less energy. We also need to recognise that using wood as a key material in our windows and doors is a no-brainer since timber in any form – and particularly in finished products – is a natural ‘carbon sink’ and the carbon will be stored within the products for their lifetime, which has been proven in life cycle analysis to be at least 65 years (Herriot Watt University and the BRE Green Guide). Timber windows and doors, as supplied locally by The New Window Company, come in hardwoods and softwoods engineered to suit the customer’s bespoke needs and to avoid the issues of warping or rotting. Modern paint finishes are offered in myriad colours to match the customer’s needs and are now guaranteed for 12 years before any further decoration is necessary. There are lots of initiatives available sponsored by government grants (Green Deal) as well as help for listed buildings where heritage products are needed to meet today’s demanding performance standards, but also fit in with local planning rules, too. So, our world wants to go green and we can help the cause by using timber wherever we can, ensuring the area in which you live remains a green and pleasant land! n

Find Out More: New Window Company is based at Elms Farm, The Old Barn, Frieston Heath Lane, Grantham NG32 3HD. For a free no obligation discussion about your property’s needs call 01400 272538 or see www.new-window.co.uk.