Scandi Style Is Just So Clean And Simple

Rhiannon and Joel Payne radically remodelled this Fifties bungalow, transforming the exterior with larch cladding to give it a Scandi feel that they followed through on the inside

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Paint it all white

‘It’s the perfect complement to Scandi design: no frills; no fuss; no flounces,’ says Rhiannon. ‘It lets me add character with artwork, accessories and furniture, like the huge glazed dresser in the kitchen – we lost a window to have wall space for it, but it stops the room looking too functional.’

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Welcome to my home

Rhiannon and Joel Payne weren’t expecting to build a house. Their initial idea was to renovate and sell, hopefully making a small profit. ‘I’d just inherited a bit of money and a small property-development project seemed like a good idea,’ says Rhiannon. With a total spend of £200,000, the couple won a bid for a Fifties bungalow. ‘I was a bit blinkered by the ugliness of the house itself, but Joel saw the lovely views and the big oak tree in the back garden and we started to imagine a very different house.’