Warm And Welcoming

When Sally Bourne found her dream country home, she chose a medley of cosseting colours to complement its original features

- Vivienne Ayers

It is said that every cloud has a silver lining and this was certainly the case for Sally Bourne, when she went through a divorce. ‘I was living in London and wanted to take the next step,’ says Sally, who runs her own interior design business, Sally Bourne Interiors (sallybourneinteriors.co.uk). ‘I create spaces for a living, and I was looking for land near some woods where I could build a green oak barn.’

Then fate took a hand. While Sally was househunting, she met the man who would become her new partner, David, who also happened to be looking for a new home. ‘He drove past a place in Ashdown Forest and asked me to look at it for him,’ says Sally. ‘I thought it looked like exactly the right property for me!’