VINTAGE REVIVAL

It’s often the details in magazine features that can spark imagination, provide motivation and offer the confidence to continue with building a home. In my case, page 67 of the February issue rekindled a memory. Sharon and Gavin Hunt made kitchen drawers by reclaiming vintage crates. Forty years ago, I used these ‘potato boxes’ – they weren’t vintage then – to store fruit and vegetables when we moved into our farmhouse. It was derelict, our finances were minimal and we had no other place to store our vegetables. Now, as we move into our retirement home, I will be sure to find a place for a ‘vintage’ crate. Gil Lester

This month’s star letter writer receives this beautiful Peonies morning coffee mug set, worth £41, from award-winning peony nursery Primrose Hall Peonies