SARAH VANRENEN

Sarah Vanrenen’s 300-year-old house, made up of three cottages and set in 1,000 acres of farmland, used to belong to her husband Grant’s grandmother. The couple move back and forth between London and the country each week, though Sarah has set up her design practice in Hungerford, about half an hour’s drive from the farm. Sarah’s idiosyncratic approach to design, as well as her trademark love of bright colour – ‘On these rainy days, one needs a bit of cheering up!’ she says – can clearly be seen in the kitchen area, with its flashes of teal, exuberant mix of fabrics and mismatched chairs around the breakfast table. Upstairs, the bedrooms and bathrooms are equally colourful and eclectic, each with its own highly individual scheme and mix of old and new. →

The sofa is covered in Sarah’s Kinaara fabric. On the wall behind are paintings she has found in markets and antiques shops around the world