Refurbishment and Restore Issue 18 2019 | Page 7

Clients view ‘Last week I got out of the car and into my chair. I was able to go all around my house and up to the poly-tunnel at the end of the garden on my own for the first time since 2013. This project has changed my life once again. So much time was spent on how it should function, what it should look like, but I could never have imagined how it would make me feel. Before I would spend the summers largely trapped outside, or the winters stuck in a small kitchen unable to move unaided. Now I can get all around my house, on my own. I look around and see the 15th and 18th century parts of the house blending seamlessly into the 21st century. I can move all around it and enjoy the transitions, soft and complimenting. The house has become the home I wanted for myself with all the accessibility I need immediately, but most importantly, discreetly at hand. The house is now a social space for me and not the prison it had become. I am able to entertain and I am able to escape. It is every thing that I wanted and much more.’ Annette Moody www.newbritishdesign.com www.refurbandrestore.co.uk - 7