Country Homes & Interiors

BRANCHING OUT

Sitting on her sofa, Astrid Zala can see the colours opposite gradually change. This seasonal spectacle of autumn leaves on the trees outside is accentuated further by a mirrored reflection into the water below. Even from inside the leaves seem almost touchable. Dramatic is an understatement. ‘The main view was always to be of the pond with the woods behind it,’ explains Astrid, ‘because I’d always wanted to look out on to woodland.’

After 25 years in London Astrid

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