BY THE FIRESIDE
I have been an occasional reader of PL for some years, as I thought that I didn’t really have time for regular magazine reading while refurbishing my 200-year-old Kentish ragstone cottage. However, I have now taken out a subscription after realising that a morning spent reading PL resulted in several days of motivation to the benefit of my renovation project. I recently fitted a reclaimed fireplace into the chimney breast in my bedroom after agonising for weeks over which style to go for, as there was no evidence of the original. Eventually, I just chose the one I liked best, so I was delighted to read in the October issue that this was the correct strategy. Bryony Levermore