Lifestyle Archive
(April 2015)

1 April 2015

Contemporary living in a Lincolnshire longhouse

When Susannah Joy and her husband Andy walked around the garden at The Cottage at Osbournby, they fell in love with the place. Susannah, in particular, had always wanted to live in a house with a cedar tree in the garden like the grand country houses, and this garden had two! “There was so much Read more…

Rise and shine!

Steffie Shields shares her favourite Easter sweets April has to be my favourite month, but I have to hear the hymn ‘All in the April Evening’ to get in the mood. I have many reasons to celebrate. Firstly, I married the love of my life in April. Secondly, I adore Easter sunshine, Lincolnshire lambs and Read more…

Style and elegance…

Richly hued rosewood furniture regularly appears for sale in auction rooms across the country. This hardwood has dark streaks giving it a distinctive figuring when used to make polished furniture and has a strong, sweet smell which persists for many years, explaining its name. Popular from the early part of the nineteenth century, the Georgian Read more…