COME ON IN!
ABOUT ME I’m Leanne Watt, 36, a business development director for Frasers of Ellon. I live with my husband Calum, 40, a self-employed floor layer/fitter, and our sons Innes, seven, and Murray, four.
MY HOME A three-bedroom former cobbler’s and farm workers’ cottage in Aberdeenshire, bought in 2013.
WHEN WE MOVED IN The cottage had no insulation and was freezing cold and covered in floral brown wallpaper, but I’d always dreamt of living in an old cottage.
AND NOW On a bright day the light streams in and the extension is the perfect place to spend time together.
STYLE TIP I kept a scrapbook of magazine cuttings and love sharing ideas on social media – you can find me @our_wee_country_cottage.
We love the lifestyle in Aberdeen (once described as being the happiest place in Scotland), but we’d outgrown our three-bedroom semi home nearby,’ says Leanne. ‘We were looking for a challenge with plenty of character, so when we spotted this rundown 100-year-old
