THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE
Dec 02, 2021
3 minutes
Words Karen Darlow
Words and styling Monique van der Pauw
Photography Ton Bouwer/CocoFeatures
Picture book pretty, the old bakery that Pauline and Hans call home would not look out of place in a fairy tale. It’s the sort of house we all imagine when we think of traditional Dutch canalside homes: tall, narrow and with a pointed, steeply pitched roof. It’s set by the river in the tiny town of IJIst in Friesland, in the Netherlands.
Although Pauline and Hans had been living in the area for 40 years, they found
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