Period Living

TURNING BACK TIME

Dewi has been fascinated by old houses and antiques for as long as he can remember. In fact, it was his love of antiques that led him and partner Dan to the whitewashed farmhouse they now own. Dewi first spotted it as he drove past on his way to a favourite antiques shop on the outskirts of Newport and used to wonder what it was like inside. ‘Then one day there was a for sale sign on it,’ he says, and he hurried back to share the news with Dan.

‘We looked it up online and could see it had been

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