The views from Jen Bernard’s household vacation house are so placing that the bedrooms have been named after them, inextricably linking the home and panorama.
‘We’ve Cheviot, after the hills, Spring Hill, after the farm close by and Bamburgh, for the view of the fortress,’ says Jen.
However apart from the views of well-known Northumberland landmarks, one of many home’s best trump playing cards is its nearness to the ocean, just a few hundred yards away – a mere pebble’s throw.
Jen’s household have a powerful reference to this north japanese area of England. ‘We’ve had properties in Northumberland since I used to be a small baby,’ she says. ‘We had a home on a farm close to right here and at any time when my sister and I have been biking previous on the best way to the seaside as kids we’d cease to admire this place.’
The property, in-built 1913, is a component former hay loft and half coach home, and had been used as a trip house for a few years.
When it got here in the marketplace in 2013 the household acted collectively to purchase it – possession of the home is shared along with her mom and father, her sister Pippa and her husband.
‘It was very drained and hadn’t been touched in years however all of us contributed to the restoration. My father is sweet at constructing work and he’s retired, so it was a labor of affection for him,’ says Jen.
Front room
For anybody in search of impartial lounge concepts, the household’s sunny area is a good supply of inspiration. Whereas lots of the unique home windows have been retained, inside doorways, skirtings, electrics and heating have been all changed, plus all of the outdated gentle switches have been changed with conventional vintage brass dolly switches.
A mirrored espresso desk brings a contemporary up to date twist to this timeless and calming scheme.
Jen commissioned this portray of the household’s spaniels for her dad and mom’ marriage ceremony anniversary.
Kitchen
The hub of the house, this area is heat, welcoming and whereas timeless, an on-trend colour – blue kitchen concepts merely by no means date. The household stored the unique Aga, complementing it with new grey blue Shaker models.
Kitchen diner
An increase-and-fall pendant brings an intimate heat to this casual extending desk, the place the household get pleasure from breakfast within the winter months.
Conservatory
This area has a glass roof, which makes a improbable location for drinks.
Mud room
‘We reconfigured the again foyer to create a bathe room, cloakroom and rear entrance. We additionally added an outside kitchen for barbecues,’ says Jen.
Bespoke shelving made by a neighborhood carpenter retains foot- and outdoor-wear neatly organized on this area – a beautiful possibility for narrower mudroom concepts.
Bedrooms
Each passionate inside designers, Jen and Pippa collaborated on the colour schemes, materials and furnishings. ‘Sharing the adorning selections was simple as my mom and I each love related designs. We spent a day within the GP & J Baker archive selecting materials,’ says Jen.
A sublime ticking cloth headboard conceals hidden storage and energy sockets in the primary bed room above.
‘We moved a lot of partitions and dropped the ceiling within the dovecote to create a twin bed room for my son and nephew,’ says Jen.
The tongue-and-groove clad ceiling evokes a seaside hut really feel – a easy thought to repeat if you’re in search of easy however enticing children’ bed room concepts.
Rest room
Bespoke joinery and marble across the tub and basins strike a refined, timeless be aware.
Exterior
Lavender thrives all through the summer season within the cottage backyard.
The backyard was very overgrown and uncared for, so Jen appointed a neighborhood backyard designer, Natasha McEwen, and requested her to create a rustic cottage backyard that seemed as if it had been that means without end.
‘On the entrance of the home is a flower meadow with a path via the daisies – it’s very pure and low upkeep,’ says Jen. ‘From springtime, we’ve wisteria and wild roses climbing up the entrance of the home, that are so fairly.’
The superbly manicured garden hosts video games of croquet, badminton and cricket, whereas the brand new downstairs bathe room is good for dousing off sand from the seaside.
‘We catch the solar on either side of the home, so we are able to eat breakfast within the entrance backyard and have dinner on the again,’ says Jen.
‘A number of Newcastle associates have vacation houses up right here they usually’re all the time dropping in,’ she provides. Proof, if wanted, that this much-loved household escape has common enchantment.
Inside designer / Bernard Interiors
Pictures / Franklin & Franklin
Textual content / Juliet Benning
