Project Description
We renovated an old stone cottage for a young family starting a new life in the Cotswolds. Lots of its natural features were hidden but with sympathetic work by careful builders, we exposed wood beams, cleaned lime pointed stone walls and added subtle lighting.
CLIENT PERSONA
Our clients were a family with two young children and two dogs, relocating to the Cotswolds from the USA.
THE BRIEF
Our task was to create a comfortable family home making the most of the natural features and colour palette suggested by the local area and to refurbish an annexe creating flexible home office or extra bedroom space. We communicated via Zoom calls and only met once the family arrived in the Cotswolds to move into their newly furnished home.
![1 – Ivy Cottage – GL54 2LG – Web Living room with fireplace and stone feather wall. Hand made curtains, bespoke striped footstool, linen upholstered armchairs. Green patterned wool rug](https://j-hdesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1-Ivy-Cottage-GL54-2LG-Web.jpg)
![5 – Ivy Cottage – GL54 2LG – Web Limestone colour kitchen with oak work surface. Stone floor, Belfast sink and roman blinds at windows.](https://j-hdesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/5-Ivy-Cottage-GL54-2LG-Web.jpg)
![4 – Ivy Cottage – GL54 2LG – Web Oak dining table, painted black dining chairs, washable sisal rug on wood floor. Rattan pendant, Cosy fireside armchair](https://j-hdesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/4-Ivy-Cottage-GL54-2LG-Web.jpg)
![9 – Ivy Cottage – GL54 2LG – Web Master bedroom with wood beams, king size bed with rattan headboard, sisal flooring.](https://j-hdesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/9-Ivy-Cottage-GL54-2LG-Web.jpg)
![14 – Ivy Cottage – GL54 2LG – Web Girl's bedroom with pale pink walls, built-in bed and wardrobe. Sisal floor, wall mounted bedside lamp.](https://j-hdesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/14-Ivy-Cottage-GL54-2LG-Web.jpg)
![7 – Ivy Cottage – GL54 2LG – Web Kitchen dining table with built-in seats & pendant light. Roman blinds in Lewis & Wood's Tribal fabric](https://j-hdesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/7-Ivy-Cottage-GL54-2LG-Web.jpg)
![15 – Ivy Cottage – GL54 2LG – Web Annexe bedroom with barn door to bathroom; divider wall behind bed; black & cream bed throw, cushions on bed in strong earth tones](https://j-hdesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/15-Ivy-Cottage-GL54-2LG-Web.jpg)
INSPIRED
Jane and Helen helped me through the maze involved in redecorating to find what I liked and then put together a scheme that I’m thrilled with.
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