The English Home

Reclaiming THE PAST

‘Having family and friends around to enjoy the place we have lovingly put together is the real meaning of Christmas for me’

Christmas often comes early for Josephine and Will Maydon, who hire out their home in Northamptonshire as a location for festive photo shoots from September onwards. In the lead up to Christmas Day, Josephine and the couple’s three daughters, Bea, 17, Poppy, 15 and Zara, 14, cannot help but be inspired by the dressed sets they see during this period. “Every year the girls each choose a new ornament for the

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