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    Layering with PATTERN

    Dec 09, 2020 3 minutes
    FEATURE SARA BIRD PHOTOGRAPHS DAN DUCHARS

    There is a strong sense of family history in Charlotte and Tom Gaisford’s home in Northumberland. It is the place where Tom was born and the house and farm have been in his family for several generations.

    Furniture inherited from both sides of the family grace the rooms and Charlotte’s bold and bright textiles are evident throughout the house, which was once two cottages and a barn.

    ‘We moved here to Northumberland when our sons were born and long before I was a fabric designer,’ explains Charlotte. ‘Before that we had lived in Lancashire and then

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