Country Homes & Interiors

“Making furniture was a leap of faith, but we are carving out our future”

Working from an outbuilding on the picturesque Uppark Estate, a National Trust property in the heart of rural West Sussex, Paul Le Mesurier has realised his dream of working with wood. Following a successful career as an osteopath, Paul decided to take a year’s sabbatical in 2011 and embarked on a traditional boatbuilding course in Lowestoft.

The decision coincided with his chance meeting of Maria. After a whirlwind year travelling to see each other at weekends, the couple married. ‘I returned to osteopathy to make

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