A long career at Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler was the perfect preparation for Emma Burns’s greatest design challenge yet: the sensitive transformation of the former dovecote and stables in Oxfordshire she inherited.

Thanks to some clever architectural additions and designer Rita Konig’s carefully considered interiors, this generous, sprawling 19th-century house now has a wonderful coherence while providing a series of distinct spaces for family life, work, relaxing and entertaining

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This Cotswold Farmhouse project exemplifies everything we love about interior design. Beautiful materials, clean lines, subtle lighting and most importantly, soul.

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