FESTIVE FLAIR

Colour is never far away in Leoma Harper’s Victorian home but it’s this season when the house really shines

- KAREN WILSON

EXTERIOR

As well as the beautiful period features, Leoma and her family love the house’s peaceful location with river and park nearby.

Try the lead-effect planter, from £34.90, Terrace Gardener

DRAWING ROOM

The dramatic chandelier shows off the elegant proportions of this room.

Esme chandelier, £557, Sweetpea & Willow, would work. Philo large sofa, from £1,275, Arlo & Jacob, has this look. Igara mango wood terrarium, £140, Nkuku. Walls in Chateau elite emulsion, £51 for 2.5ltr, Zoffany

HOME TRUTHS

THE PROPERTY

Detached Victorian house

LOCATION Surrey

ROOMS

Sitting room, drawing room, kitchen-diner, utility room, playroom, five bedrooms, (two en suite), two bathrooms

PURCHASED 2015

PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘We had a smaller house in Richmond,’ says Leoma

DINING AREA

‘The branch is from the garden and was first put up two Christmases ago,’ says Leoma.

French cabinet, £800, Sunbury Antiques Market; in Railings estate eggshell, £64 for 2.5ltr, Farrow & Ball. Woodcroft Colonial table, £2,495, One World. Replica Hans J Wegner wishbone chairs, from £183 each, Swivel. Try the Newport lantern, £88, Maisons du Monde