CHARACTER BUILDING

Nina Parker puts her instinctive homemaking skills and appreciation of well-loved items down to both of her grandmothers. ‘My English granny’s home was a riot of colour, filled with handmade items such as rag rugs and patterned cushions. Then my Belgian grandmother had a home that centred on the kitchen; it always felt so warm and welcoming,’ she recalls.

Both strands have woven through every property she and her family have lived in