A place to stay

KATIE NEWTON discovers a chic rural holiday home on the West Coast

Cowshed 488

A serene holiday home with dreamy, bohemian-tinged interiors is the last thing you’d expect to find on a West Coast dairy farm but this one belongs to photographer and interiors guru Georgina Skinner. A long-time admirer of this 1908 villa, once she purchased it, a cosmetic update was all that was needed to bring her vision to life. “I enjoyed every single moment and challenge of the renovation,” says Georgina. Since moving from London she says the farm has become a sanctuary: “It has been good for all aspects of my life and I value how healthy countryside living can be.” Located between Reefton and Greymouth, the house sleeps six and costs $250 per night, cowshed488.com. >