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Above: In a guest room in the older side of the house, the<br />

ceiling beams are complemented by a built-in wooden<br />

bed – an idea which evolved after a family trip to India<br />

Right: Ally has painted one bathroom, with a claw-foot<br />

bath right in front of the window, a lovely pale blue<br />

owned, she can see what scope there is for additions.<br />

“I relocated an L-shaped sofa to the snug next door<br />

and replaced it with a more classic one covered with<br />

a striped fabric by Penny Morrison.” She opens the<br />

door, so I can see into the snug, in use as a telly room,<br />

saying, “I’ll get my hands on this one day…”<br />

Her goal for the drawing room was for it not to<br />

look as if it had been ‘designed’ but more as though<br />

it had developed organically over time – reflecting<br />

the atmosphere of the house. “I didn’t want it to<br />

look as though it had all come from one shop.”<br />

Nothing in the room matches and there is a combination<br />

of colours and patterns – blue, red, brown, green, paisley,<br />

stripe, ethnic, damask – which sounds improbable,<br />

but all works together in situ. “Once you get the floor<br />

plan right you can get away with murder,” says Ally.<br />

One of the themes that pulls it together is a masterful and<br />

subtle use of symmetry. Two slipper chairs, upholstered in<br />

blue and white Indian throws, face each other across the <br />

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