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Classic With A Twist
25 Beautiful Homes
|August 2018
Relaxing colours and vintage finds create warmth in Lisa Pender’s traditional Cotswolds home
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The original shutters proved a deal-breaker for Lisa Pender and her partner Chris Gardiner when they first saw their Cotswolds home. The couple had had an offer accepted on another house, but something didn’t feel right. Once they visited this former Georgian rectory, they knew why. ‘As soon as we saw these beautiful windows with their original shutters, we realised that this was the house for us,’ Lisa explains.
This story is from the August 2018 edition of 25 Beautiful Homes.
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