At Home in the Cotswolds: Secrets of English Country House Style

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From its perch on top of the Cotswolds escarpment it commands extraordinary views over an exquisite landscape below. Penelope created a rhubarb fool effect on the wall by mixing two emulsion paints and then brushing over them with a large brush. With the homes’ idyllic settings—and a foreword by the Duchess of Marlborough—this collection presents inspirational ideals of English country style certain to fascinate and delight.

The table, dressers and chair were left by the original owners and are the perfect size for this traditional parlour kitchen. From the grander houses to pretty cottages there are so many fabulous interiors to glean ideas from. The Cotswolds stone house is an unusual L-shape with a half-timbered link, with plasterwork, connecting the elevations. Although Penelope does spend plenty of time working here, it is very much an open house for their large family, and the couple's five children and their partners are constantly in and out.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. A variety of design styles are featured, including: a manor house, a thatched cottage, a former rectory, a Georgian farmhouse, and a tiny carriage house, along with many of the homes’ adjacent gardens. So many of this genre of book the photographs take pride of place but with this book the writing equals the beautiful photographs and is informative, witty and a well balanced to sit alongside the splendid images for each property.

An old bake house, originally the oven for the entire village, now houses the laundry, hidden behind a curtain. Pay in 4 is a form of credit, so consider whether you can afford the repayments as use of the product may impact your credit score. The couple are both American - Robin originally from North Carolina and Justin from New York - but they met in London, where they were both working. A period spent in Turkey learning how to make kilim designs for her bags yielded some beautiful finds, such as the suzani-style embroidery bought in Istanbul that now covers a side table.One enters the house into a tall-ceilinged reception hall where a Spanish metal chandelier hangs over a large French mirrored-top table from the 1960s. Its height gives it its name as, come winter, the snow settles here before anywhere else in the Cotswolds. The previous owners, who had lived here for 60 years, replaced a lean-to barn with an extension in the 1970s, so the proportions are quite different from the rest of the house.