Period Living

A COLOURFUL CHRISTMAS

Arts and crafts play a huge role in the lives of Lizzie Houghton and Dave Puddifoot, so when they left their London home of 40 years for the quiet of Penzance, it was inevitable that their new home would a be a creative kind of place.

William Morris designs feature in almost every room, along with shades of Lizzie’s favourite colour, green, piles of her hand-embroidered cushions and homemade rag rugs, and Dave’s distinctive original paintings and sculptures.

There are shelves filled with

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