At Home in the Cotswolds: Secrets of English Country House Style

Product Information

Each property, and the interior design of its rooms, comes with its own unique and intriguing story. The previous owners, who had lived here for 60 years, replaced a lean-to barn with an extension in the 1970s, so the proportions are quite different from the rest of the house.

Design expert Katy Campbell and acclaimed photographer Mark Nicholson offer an insider’s look at the Cotswolds' most charming and inspirational private homes At Home in the Cotswolds is a celebration of beautiful Cotswold houses and their interiors. She believes in preserving or enhancing historic architectural details as much as possible and admits to often being ‘worryingly obsessed with lighting’, partial to low wattages, dimmers, and candlelight. We also use them to help detect unauthorized access or activity that violate our terms of service, as well as to analyze site traffic and performance for our own site improvement efforts.I wanted something authentic and in its original state, rather than something that had been modernised. If the initial age verification is unsuccessful, we will contact you asking you to provide further information to prove that you are aged 18 or over. Penelope took on the interior decoration herself, having worked as an artist and interior designer in Spain before her career as a shoe and boot designer took off. A variety of design styles are featured, including: a manor house, a thatched cottage, a former rectory, a Georgian farmhouse, and a tiny carriage house, along with many of the homes adjacent gardens.

The Persian rug was bought in Cape Town, the pink antique chair is from Station Road antiques and the ottoman is from OKA.See below for further information about the categories of cookies used on our site and your current preference settings. During the decoration of the house Penelope spent a lot of time picking up bargains, such as the leather desk chair in the study, from Station Mill Antiques in Chipping Norton.