Period Living

LESSONS IN STYLE

Outside a thatched cottage in one of Kim and Mark’s favourite Norfolk villages, someone was tapping a For Sale sign into the ground. With views of the church and common and – unusually for Norfolk – on a slight hill, the cottage was in the perfect setting. Not far from Norwich where they both work, and yet with country walks in every direction, the house was going to be in demand and Kim and Mark knew they’d have to act fast.

‘If I’m honest, though, I didn’t find the house instantly appealing,’

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