We have feature walls<\/a> in most rooms. All the windows are painted in Little Greene<\/a>\u2019s Dark Brunswick Green and there\u2019s a hand-tumbled stone floor throughout. It\u2019s very much country-meets-contemporary.<\/p>\n You might also like<\/strong> how to buy antiques you love according to Paul Martin<\/a><\/p>\n I started collecting Brooke Bond tea cards when I was six or seven. I was potty about them. At around 14 we moved to Cornwall<\/a> and I started getting into Troika pottery. I also used to collect small snuff boxes and tea caddies<\/a>.<\/p>\n My most treasured possession is a full-size Edwardian skeleton of a horse, c1910. It stands about 7ft high and is beautifully assembled and held together so you can\u2019t see the wire and rods. It\u2019s on a huge black plinth with brass carrying handles. It\u2019s just so sculptural and dominates an end wall in my barn.<\/p>\n Everything in my home has harmony, presence and balance. I do like juxtaposition, say a bit of Peter Blake above a country house dresser or an old bureau showing its worn interior. It\u2019s got to look slightly brutal though; it can\u2019t be pleasing.<\/p>\n The oldest pieces in my home are some late 16th-century walnut cabinets. I\u2019ve got an escritoire and a Charles II collector\u2019s cabinet. I\u2019ve also got quite a bit of Queen Anne furniture that we use every day. The newest piece is my drum kit. I\u2019m teaching my kids to play. Any time you\u2019ve had a frustrating day you can come home and play your heart out!<\/p>\n You might also like<\/strong> a careful restoration of a characterful Tudor cottage<\/a><\/p>\n Buying antiques is about giving choice pieces light and space to enjoy them and being able to put your wine or cup of tea on them without feeling guilty. One of my favourite things I ever sold was a beautiful French table from Normandy. It had a thick slab top and the rust stain of a pair of scissors that had been put down in the early 1900s. When you know something is made by a skilled craftsperson there\u2019s a story behind it and a region and a use and it\u2019s that story that brings it alive \u2013 it\u2019s a document of social history.<\/p>\n If you live in a small country cottage<\/a> or a townhouse<\/a> my advice is: buy a bureau. Leave the fall open at the front, fill it with your knick-knacks, put your laptop and mobile on it and a vase or piece of sculpture and you\u2019ve got the most wonderful little work unit.<\/p>\n As a dealer you have to part with your best pieces. Everything I buy I love. I don\u2019t mind selling pieces for what I bought them for because it\u2019s about getting that portal on the past. Seeing something that\u2019s well made and incredibly rare \u2013 being reconnected with traditional skills and methods \u2013 that for me is the buzz.<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Rachel Nott Published: Sunday, 24 April 2022 at 12:00 am \u00a0 I live in a cottage that dates to 1827 and is a typical Cotswolds build, all Bath stone quarried locally. The walls are about 2ft thick so it\u2019s very cool in summer and warm in winter and is as dry as a bone. 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