The English Home

House of MEMORIES

When Sam Godsal was wondering what colour to paint her kitchen, she asked her good friend Lulu Lytle, founder of Soane Britain, for advice. “We were walking in Kensington Gardens and she immediately replied, ‘Ben Pentreath’s Parsonage Pink’,” she says. Trusting Lulu implicitly, Sam ordered several pots of the paint over the phone and the two women continued their walk. “Five minutes later we bumped into none other than Ben Pentreath. This pink was meant to be,” she adds. The recently redecorated chic kitchen-diner is the hub

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