Welcome Home
from the Editors
It sometimes surprises people to learn that
Heart Home magazine is essentially run from
two ‘kitchen tables’. As we fast approach our
third anniversary we are more than happy to
continue with this tradition, which gives us
both a work/life balance that was missing in
our former careers. And it’s becoming more
and more apparent that this is a growing trend
for many other people too.
own taste and personality and owe nothing to
fickle fashion or trends. Also, they have both
been furnished using imagination rather than
a bulging wallet.
If, like us, you have ever hankered after a
quintessentially English cottage you are going
to love Brook Cottage, the home of Cabbages
and Roses founder Christina Strutt. Brimming
with country charm, it is the idyllic setting for
We have two very different homes for you the company’s iconic fabrics and was, in fact,
in this issue. One is a former ‘tin chapel’ in the inspiration for the British brand.
Kent that is a shrine to imaginative recycling.
The other is a semi-detached house in Crystal Proving, once again, that mighty oaks can
Palace that has been furnished with fun grow from acorns planted at humble kitchen
second-hand retro pieces. Both may look very tables.
different, but what they have in common is
that they are both a reflection of the owner’s Enjoy.
Carole and Arianna
COVER PHOTOGRAPH by RICHARD PARSONS • EDITORS’ PHOTOGRAPH by ANDREW BOYD