Take a tour around a classic 1930s home

This calming family home combines a subtle touch of oriental style with a French Provencal look. Step inside more real homes at housetohome.co.uk

Mirrored double doors open on to the living room where oversized sofas bought in Holland and Greece give the room a relaxed feel. The glass and perspex coffee table is also from Holland and the antique Persian rug was imported from Iran.

1/7 Living room

living room with sofa and glass table

(Image credit: Future PLC/Tim Beddow)

2/7 Kitchen

kitchen with grey steel fixtures and wooden flooring

(Image credit: Future PLC/Tim Beddow)

The kitchen has a 'restaurant' feel to it, mixing pale blues with grey steel fixtures. Open shelving and racks allow easy access to pots and pans.

The unusual spice rack was discovered in Boston; try Lakeland for a similar one. Amtico flooring is practical and easy to clean. The range cooker is Britannia and the units are from IKEA.

3/7 Dining room

dining room with table and chair and mirror

(Image credit: Future PLC/Tim Beddow)

In the dining room, an oak refectory table from France is teamed with chairs commissioned in Greece and covered in GP & J Baker's The Paradise Bird for a traditional feel. A Georgian mirror is flanked by a pair of French Art Nouveau candelabras found at an antiques fair in Holland. The Victorian fireplace was found at a reclamation yard, while the corner unit is an old TV cabinet that has been painted for a new lease of life.

4/7 Bedroom

bedroom with crisp blue and side table

(Image credit: Future PLC/Tim Beddow)

A crisp blue and white theme creates a French Provencal feel in the bedroom.

The bedlinen is from The White Company and the pretty table is from The Dormy House.

5/7 Dressing area

dressing area with wardrobe doors and victorian rose fabrics

(Image credit: Future PLC/Tim Beddow)

The simple wardrobe doors have been lined with pleated Victorian Rose fabric from Laura Ashley.

6/7 Bathroom

bathroom with bathtub and basket

(Image credit: Future PLC/Tim Beddow)

With its enormous roll-top bath, the bathroom is a sanctuary. The freestanding vanity unit was designed to give a spa-like feel to the space.

The floor is limestone and the taps are from Lefroy Brooks. To complete the Provencal look, the walls have been treated with Jocasta Innes's Impasto and colourwashed with antique white.

7/7 Garden

garden with table and chairs and trees

(Image credit: Future PLC/Tim Beddow)

The garden has a cottage feel. The table and chairs were designed by Gisela Graham.

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Heather Young
Editor

Heather Young has been Ideal Home’s Editor since late 2020, and Editor-In-Chief since 2023. She is an interiors journalist and editor who’s been working for some of the UK’s leading interiors magazines for over 20 years, both in-house and as a freelancer.