AT HOME WITH

Owners Interior designer and shopkeeper Leanne Chandler of Milk & Honey Vintage (milkandhoneyvintage.co.uk), and Luke Chandler, who runs a construction business, converted their home in 2018. They live here with their sons Joseph, 14, and Jackson, 11, plus Ralph the labradoodle, Boo the cockerpoo and Henry the British Shorthair cat. The family also keeps alpacas and donkeys. House A four-bedroom converted 19th-century barn and stables with 1920s additions.

Bold monochrome accents are mixed with natural textures, including dried Kentish hops draped from a beam. Enzo bar stools, Roche Collective. Pendants, Milk & Honey Vintage. Island, The Shaker Workshop

Living room

Leanne finds her vintage pieces near and far, from Kent to Morocco. Similar vintage horse, try Decorative Antiques UK. Rug, Milk & Honey Vintage. Mirror, Nikki Page Antiques

Garden room

This room off the kitchen has the mood of a rather large and glamorous potting shed.

Floor tiles, Best Tile. Rug, Milk & Honey Vintage. Glass pendants,

Made. Mirror, Nikki Page Antiques. Vintage stone swan, Streett Marlburg

Kitchen

Leanne commissioned a professional signwriter to put the family’s stamp on the kitchen wall. Island, The Shaker Workshop. Dining table and bench, Garden Trading

En suite

Vibrant patterns and simple textures make a crisp, characterful space. Bath, London Encaustic. Floor tiles, Best Tiles

Guest bedroom

Leanne loves the holiday mood of this space, helped by the natural textures and a photo of Marrakech. Print, Raisa Zwart at Noir Gallery

Terrace

Twin metal tubs look out across the paddock where the family’s alpacas and donkeys graze. Tiles, Best Tiles Family bathroom Leanne and Luke left the barn’s original cladding on one wall, partnering it with painted boards. Bath, London Encaustic. Basins, Dyke & Dean