Country Life

A warm welcome

Nina Campbell

What is your favourite decorative accessory?

A mini pillow to tuck comfortably behind your neck.

Luxury item?

To lie down and read a book in the afternoon underneath a cashmere blanket from The Monogrammed Linen Shop is pure luxury.

Book for beside the bed?

It must be a book that you don’t mind lending, because, hopefully, your guest isn’t going to stay long enough to finish it. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles would be my choice or The Ultimate Christmas Cracker by John Julius Norwich. Bliss!

Pet hate?

Too many cushions or throw

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