Country Homes & Interiors

TIME FOR A CHANGE

Moving from London to Essex was already a significant life change for Claire Orders and her family, but factor in a major house renovation and, ultimately, a new career in interior design, and it’s clear that the classic town-to-country shift delivered more than she and husband David could ever have dreamed of.

It all began in 2015, soon after the birth of their first child, when Claire was becoming increasingly disenchanted with living in London and began hankering after her roots in Essex.

‘Although we were really pleased with the Victorian semi-detached house we’d renovated in Greenwich, when Oliver came along our lives

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