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put in to bring light into the area from what was a little snug room.
It was immediately apparent, says Kathryn, what needed to be
done. However the layout of the house, with the dining, kitchen and
living area on one side of the U, the bedrooms on the other, did not
need major adjustments. The master bedroom was positioned at the
end with the children’s rooms in-between.
With less than 12 weeks in which to complete, Kathryn had to go
into overdrive to create new mood boards, source antiques and rugs,
and actually make and install the curtains and covers. Many people
state. But though she thrives on chaos and pressure, here even she was
pushed to the wire. Concerned, she instructed her brother Robert,
who was project manager to live on site for the duration.
Relations between client and decorator so often turn sour for trivial
reasons; anxieties on both sides can explode out of all proportion.
Here, though, it was harmony all the way. The owners run a large
successful company and are thus ‘very hands on and good at directing,’
Kathryn says, ‘but they never cramped my style, saying: ‘If you think
it’s right, go for it.’ Kathryn would email a picture of a bed from an
antique shop in Wiltshire or a chandelier from Italy and get an

TOP RIGHT: In the daughter’s room the chaise fabric (Bombay Fuschia 8O4N83’)
is from Raoul Textiles, while the curtain material is Pierre Frey’s ‘Rayure Adana Rose
Indien F2586-4’ Woodwright Furniture of Santa Barbara restored the bed

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