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Emily Pinsent\u2019s love of travel and antiques has brought a colourful \u2013 and unexpected \u2013 twist to her Wiltshire home. Feature Alex Lewis. Photographs Penny Wincer <\/p>

By kirstylyons\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 29 May 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Emily Pinsent\u2019s passion for ceramics<\/a> began when she was a teenager. \u2018The first antique I bought was a big dairy bowl from a local antiques shop<\/a>,\u2019 she says. \u2018Everyone thought I was completely mad and wondered what I was going to do with it. Little did they know that the bowl was the start of my lifelong affair with crockery.\u2019<\/p>\n

The bowl now takes pride of place in the kitchen of her Wiltshire home, inspired \u2013 in part \u2013 by her paternal grandparents\u2019 home. \u2018My grandparents had a fantastic walk-through pantry<\/a>, with shelves piled high with mismatched crockery and old tins. I\u2019ve always wanted to recreate that space.\u2019<\/p>\n

Indeed, her 19th-century English dresser has been stacked with bowls and jugs from around the world that speak of her love of vernacular craft. \u2018I love Tunisian bowls,\u2019 she says. \u2018While in the Medina of Tunis, I walked past a restaurant and saw that they were serving tagine from them. I asked the owner if I could buy some and he thought I was bonkers! I would have bought more but couldn\u2019t carry them. I would go back to Tunisia just to try and buy the rest\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n

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Emily and her husband Charlie moved here just over a year ago with their two daughters, drawn to the house\u2019s mullioned windows and sense of history. Although its oldest parts date from the 19th century (and over the years it has served as the cobbler\u2019s and village post office), many of its original features were missing.<\/p>\n

To inject a sense of authenticity back into the house, while tying the architecture to their collection of antiques<\/a>, the couple fitted reclaimed doors, bought at Frome Reclamation, fireplaces and flagstone floors. The other major transformation was creating the large eat-in kitchen \u2013 an essential for these two foodies (Emily juggles catering for events with running her shared interiors shop in Tisbury, while Charlie has a wholesale deli business).<\/p>\n

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Although with its original features the house feels beautifully English, Emily\u2019s vibrant rugs<\/a>, exotic furniture and handmade ceramics create a surprising juxtaposition and are constant reminders of the couple\u2019s love of travel. Last year they visited Rome where Emily fell in love with the antique marble-topped pharmacy table, now used as a kitchen island. \u2018I knew it was an extravagance when I spotted it, but it\u2019s my favourite piece of furniture. It took eight people to move it into the house.\u2019<\/p>\n

Charlie\u2019s prized piece is the 1940s drinks cabinet<\/a>, inherited from his Portuguese grandfather. \u2018It was going to be discarded when the family were moving house in Portugal so we put it in the back of the car, along with some of my market finds. It now has a new lease of life in rural Wiltshire,\u2019 says Emily.<\/p>\n

It is the Portuguese connection that runs through much of Emily\u2019s collection of ceramics. \u2018The markets<\/a> are wonderful, especially the one on Saturdays in Estremoz. You have to rummage, but you can find great ceramics and rugs. I bought the Arraiolos rug in the living room there.\u2019<\/p>\n

Emily loves the patina<\/a> that comes with antiques, but not everything in the house is old. New lighting and upholstery<\/a> keep the feel contemporary. \u2018It\u2019s hard to beat the quality of an old sofa, but I like giving them a twist with modern fabric.\u2019 This attitude sums up Emily\u2019s overall attitude to decor. \u2018I\u2019m not a matchy-matchy kind of person and need a little wonkiness in my life,\u2019 she says.<\/p>\n

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In the kitchen, the Colman\u2019s Mustard sign was a Spitalfields Market find. The Moroccan-style tiles below are from Best Tile. Emily found the antique pharmacy table, used as a kitchen island, in Rome. On it is her first-ever antique buy, a dairy bowl now piled with fruit.<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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British Standard kitchen cabinets painted in Farrow & Ball\u2019s \u2018Green Smoke\u2019. The bulb jar is from an antiques shop in Long Melford.<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Emily and Charlie Pinsent live here with their daughters Poppy (six) and Lara (four) and their Jack Russell Kato. Emily sells her collections of antique and new accessories from The Long Room in Tisbury (montesandclark.co.uk). Charlie is a specialist in deli produce.<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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The house has previously been a cobbler\u2019s shop and post office. The house was originally two buildings; the front is 19th-century, while the back is 20th. It has a newly extended kitchen\/pantry, living room and children\u2019s playroom downstairs. Upstairs are three bedrooms and two bathrooms.<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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The 1940s drinks cabinet is Charlie\u2019s favourite piece, the prints are from An Alphabet by William Nicholson.<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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In the sitting room, Emily has reupholstered sofas in Fermoie fabric and a wing back chair found at Shepton Mallet antiques fair in a Robert Kime stripe. The Arraiolos rug is from Estremoz market in Portugal, while the paintings are by Ramon and Josep Moscardo.<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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In the living room, Emily\u2019s grandfather\u2019s chair has been re-covered in Moon \u2018Glamis\u2019 tweed, the curtains are by Lewis & Wood. A Montes & Clark lampshade complements a painting by Bernard Myers. The Hungarian chest was bought locally.<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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The kitchen table is from The Old Cinema and the bench is a Frome Reclamation find.<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Farrow & Ball\u2019s \u2018Stone Blue\u2019 on the walls complements Emily\u2019s picture collection. Doors from Frome Reclamation complete the house\u2019s transformation.<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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In the main bedroom, a wall hanging from Uzbekistan was picked up at the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair, while the pom pom throw was from Morocco. Beside the bed the lamp is by Samarkand Design and made from vintage sari fabric.<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Emily found the old French mirror in a junk shop in Suffolk and painted it white. The bamboo chair and ceramics on the window sill are from Walton House Antiques in Mere. The antique Moroccan rug was purchased during her latest shopping trip.<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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In the bathroom, \u2018Casino Floor\u2019 Fired Earth floor tiles create an attractive backdrop for the Edwardian-style sanitaryware by Burlington. Over the sink, the mirror and light are from Lefroy Brooks.<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Emily and Charlie\u2019s daughters, Poppy and Lara, enjoy wearing vintage Laura Ashley and Liberty print dresses, collected by Emily.<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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