A pastoral palette and time-worn textures have given this sustainably constructed new build timeless appeal – and it has more than a hint of cool
LIVING SPACE
The end goal was to make cottage style chic – second-hand designer finds, modern art and fresh colours aced it.
LIVING SPACE
Guy had the fire surround built in travertine to match the dining table. ‘We sourced a specific type of Italian travertine and had it cut in a specific way, but it was worth it to tie in the dining area,’ he says.
HALLWAY
‘I wanted to make this brighter to contrast with the calmness of the living space, but we ultimately stuck with the same olive and pink palette,’ says Guy.
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Interior designer Guy Wengraf, founder of Vitruvius & Company (vitruviusandco.com), designed the cottage.
He lives in the adjacent 19th-century country house with his wife Kitty, founder of photographic agency Darling Creative, and their three children.
This stone and oak cottage constructed in 2019 is located in the grounds of Guy and Kitty’s home on the edge of the Cotswolds. At the centre of the single-storey building is a living/dining space with pitched timber-clad ceiling.
Two bedrooms with an adjoining bathroom lead off from this central room at one end, while the other end of the living/dinging space is dedicated to a library-cum-office area. This central living space also leads through to the kitchen.
KITCHEN
The aesthetic here is East Coast meets alpine cabin and it’s this eclecticism that makes the cottage so cool and unique.
Guy designed the cabinetry.
DINING AREA
The brighter pops of colour bring an electric contrast to the more rustic touches of the room.
Making the well-trodden move from London to the idyllic Cotswolds four years ago, Guy Wengraf and his wife Kitty were soon welcoming a deluge of friends and family seeking a weekend escape in the country so they decided to build a welcoming guest cottage in their garden. Originally intended as an overnight retreat for people they knew, as well as an escape for themselves from time to time, they soon realised that it would work well as a holiday rental, too. ‘We’ve stayed in many “okay” holiday homes,
