Creative HARMONY

Usually it is the owners who painstakingly seek out their dream homes, but very occasionally it can seem as though it is the house that is in eager pursuit. The latter certainly seemed to be the case with this picturesque Grade II listed property in Hampshire. Catriona Yates had been searching for a home to rent in Oxfordshire, but this alluring house, which was for sale, kept persistently popping up on her computer screen, despite the fact that it did not fit her search criteria.

‘Most of our life is spent in the kitchen. It’s warm in the winter with the Aga, and in the summer we can