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"I CALL MY STYLE modern rustic"

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WHO LIVES HERE?

Furniture restorer Alice Lancastle lives here with her husband, Rob, who works in finance, and their three children, Rufus, seven, Woody, five, and Heathley, three.

THE PROPERTY

A five-bedroom 280-year-old farmhouse nestled in the Somerset countryside.

1 “Make sure a space works for you before decorating it”

‘I live by the rule that “form follows function”, so I want all of the rooms to deliver on their purpose before making them look good. When we bought the house, each area needed a complete overhaul

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