Focus on my home

Hi everyone

I recently wrote an article about my home for a fellow Instagrammer's blog, The Girl with the Green Sofa aka Nicola Broughton. Each month on her blog she does a home tour and this month it was mine. If you are on Instagram give her a follow (and give me a follow also!) as she has a fantastic account. If you would like to read the article click below (it includes plenty of images also):

The Girl with the Green Sofa.

By the way, I'm excited to let you know that my home is being featured in the arts issue of Homes & Antiques magazine which is due to hit the shelves on Friday 20th June.  The feature is nine pages (9 sides of a page to us laypeople!). I've not seen the proofs so have it will be as much of a surprise for me when I see it.  I'd love to know what you think of the article so do contact me when you've read it. 

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