Country Homes & Interiors

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Quirky proportions, nooks and crannies may give a cottage quaint appeal, but they don’t always cut it for modern life – as Lucy and Chris Wright discovered when they bought this Hampshire hideaway. They loved the property and its position, but the layout was a different matter. After three years of making do, it was time for a change…

The couple moved to the village from London 15 years ago, looking for a better way of life for their children. ‘We had friends in the

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