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WE'VE DESIGNED THE home of our dreams

Inspiring homes CUTE & CREATIVE COTTAGE

Welcome to my home

A BIT ABOUT ME

I'm Sophia Ferrai-Wills, 35, a midwife/ health visitor and content creator @thiscolourfulnest. I live with my husband, Chris, and our two girls, Clementine, four, and Hermione, two.

WHERE I LIVE

Our home is a five-bedroom house in a quiet, scenic village in Bedfordshire. It looks like an old cottage, but it actually only dates back to the 1960s. We moved here in October 2019.

WHAT I WANTED TO CHANGE

Everything! No, not quite. But we did detest the magnolia walls, dark wood of the bannister, kitchen and doors. I couldn't stand the terracotta tiles but now the house is lighter and brighter, they're not as bad and bearable until we renovate this summer.

HOW I MADE IT MY OWN

I decofated it in all of my favourite colours and prints.

MY FAVOURITE PART

We absolutely love the picturesque landscape surrounding the house, with a

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