PAOLO MOSCHINO & PHILIP VERGEYLEN

West Sussex was a part of the world Paolo Moschino and Philip Vergeylen were already familiar with. They had been renting there for two years and loved it so much that they wanted to buy in the area. When they first saw the house they now own, they had made their decision even before they stepped inside. ‘The outside was most important, because we knew we could fix whatever was inside,’ says Paolo. Each room has a different character, from the blue and white dining room and the lofty new extension looking out to the garden to the cosy drawing room with pickled beams and the sitting room with its terracotta walls. An intriguing mix of objects from different periods and places is indicative of Philip and Paolo’s broad-ranging tastes.

In the barn, which was converted into guest accommodation, a Hollywick vitrine cabinet from Nicholas Haslam Ltd provides a decorative storage solution