Awakening sleeping beauty

The owners of a Cotswolds manor house have rekindled its centuries-old spirit and transformed it into a welcoming family home full of style and warmth

MOVING INTO THIS GEORGIAN MILL HOUSE INSPIRED SUSIE TO EMBRACE COTTAGECORE AND BECOME A MAGPIE FOR SECOND-HAND TREASURES

Niamh and John Willis rescued a 200-year-old Irish cottage and created a magical retreat for their young family to enjoy

Once dark and diminutive, the bijou interior of this traditional country cottage has been transformed into a place of beauty for owner Louise Stewart

Mould was stripped out, floorboards liberated and fireplaces exposed when transforming a near-derelict Cotswolds cottage into a chic, contemporary home, artfully styled with antiques

Local stone, acres of glass and Japanese blackened timber have transformed a traditional 19th-century home on the Isle of Purbeck into a smart and stylish family home