POTTED HISTORY

This tiny cottage has been rebuilt brick by brick by Ana Perez and Alan Flett to create a cosy bolthole close to the Norfolk coast

- SARA BIRD

Living room

The original fireplace was small but the couple opted for a grand inglenook that makes the room spacious yet cosy at the same time. Stove, Esse

Living room

‘We spent four years buying things for this house in anticipation,’ says Ana. Chest of drawers, eBay. Lamp, Samarkand Design. Pheasant feather wreath, local Christmas market

Kitchen

Designer Elle Kemp helped with the colour scheme, drawing on the shades of a potting shed. Units painted in Chimney Brick, Little Greene. Zinc worktop with integrated sink, Metal Sheets UK

AT HOME WITH

Owners Ana Perez works in IT management and her husband Alan Flett is an IT consultant. They have a 10-year-old daughter, Isla.

House One-bedroom detached brick and flint period cottage in a conservation area, which they bought as a holiday home in 2015.