Heart Home magazine Issue 12 - June 2014 | Page 23

“The highlight of the whole project was finding
the inglenook fireplace behind a gas fire attached
to a fake wall. It was amazing – the oak beam
mantle is just incredible and many hours were
spent restoring it.”

was not taking into account the steelwork when
I measured up for the staircase,” Louisa recalls.
“When they came to fit it, everyone was asking
why I’d left a gap around the edge? Was it some
quirky design idea? The truth was I just hadn’t
noticed it. In the end though, it actually worked
Happily even the potential for disaster has been out for the best as we were able to build a bookshelf
averted by the fact that the cottage is full of into the recess.”
character. “The biggest disaster I had personally

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