Homes & Gardens

COMING OF AGE

Sometimes a new chapter in the life of a period property happens organically, as the needs of its inhabitants change over time; on other occasions, a renewed decorative confidence prompts a definitive step change.

In the case of Amalie and Charles White, whose former Hertfordshire home featured in a previous issue of Homes & Gardens in 2013, the latter is true.

The couple, who have two boys, Josh,

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