A STYLE FOR ALL SEASONS

Abbi Brown, creator of online emporium The Interiors Yard, has restored a run-down property into a characterful family home full of foraged finds and rustic charm

- SARA EMSLIE

Having a chance meeting led Abbi Brown and husband Ash to stumble on the house that is now their family home. We actually went to view the house next door,' explains Abbi. 'But on leaving, we got chatting to the people in the adjoining property who told us their home would be going on the market very soon. We went for a viewing, fell in love with it and purchased the house privately.'

The house was built in 1926 and, prior to the Browns, had been lived in by only one family. Abbi and Ash realised the potential to renovate and restore the period features and create an interior to suit their style.

'We loved the character of the house, with its large inglenook fireplace, the original parquet and the wooden floors,' says Abbi, adding that the extensive garden was also a huge bonus. 'It offered up so many opportunities for entertaining, outdoor living, creating a vegetable patch and sowing a wildflower garden.'