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NEPTUNE CANTERBURY :
Ali Laslett & Her Suffolk Kitchen
WHEN THE LASLETT FAMILY LEFT THEIR CANTERBURY HOME OVER TEN YEARS AGO FOR A STINT OF LIVING AND WORKING IN THE US , ALI AND HER HUSBAND , RUPERT HAD TWO SMALL CHILDREN UNDER THEIR WING . NOW THEY ’ VE RETURNED , BUT WITH TWO TEENAGERS AND A WHOLE NEW INTERIORS PERSPECTIVE THANKS TO YEARS OF BEING SURROUNDED BY CALIFORNIAN DECOR . AND SO TO RENOVATE THEY HAD TO TURN THEIR ORIGINAL FAMILY HOME INTO ONE THAT GROWS WITH THEM .
The project :
Home to the Lasletts is a double-fronted , red-brick Victorian property , built in 1871 and just a short walk into the heart of Canterbury . Inside its dark sage front door you ’ ll find Ali , Rupert , their son , Miles and their daughter , Grace . Work took them overseas in 2008 , first to Texas and then , five years later , to laid back California , and so they rented out their recently-remodelled Canterbury home , knowing they ’ d come back to it again one day .
It was during a visit back to Britain in December 2018 that Ali began her preparations for bidding a fond farewell to the States , setting her sights on her old home and how to make it their own all over again .
Why did you decide to embark on this project and why did you choose Neptune Canterbury ?
“ I essentially rocked up at Neptune Canterbury just before Christmas and it ’ s been my second home ever since ,” laughed Ali . “ Planning these projects takes a long time if you want to get it spot on , like I did , and I didn ’ t want there to be any sense of rushing around . Neptune were happy to be slow and steady and to not put the pressure on at any point . It was ideal . In fact , I ended up with far more than just a Neptune kitchen . There ’ s a sense of Neptune in almost every room .”
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