Sarah’s Tiny Slice of the Countryside, Just Outside London

published Apr 30, 2015

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Woman in black overalls with two children in front of a bookshelf; one child holds a toy bus. — (Image credit: Submitted by Sarah)

Name: Sarah
Location: Petersham, England

I am a Fashion Editor and live with my boyfriend and five year old twins in a little three bedroomed cottage in Petersham, Richmond, just outside London. It’s small, but super-cosy and homely. We have a little front garden, and a tiny courtyard garden at the back (one of the smallest gardens I’ve ever seen!).

(Image credit: Submitted by Sarah)

I love cushions, rugs, lamps, pictures and generally lots of ‘cosy clutter’. My style is a bit mix and match I suppose. A minimalist I am most definitely not! I love my Moroccan wedding blankets on the sofas (bought in Liberty when I was pregnant with twins), my collection of art and fashion books on the shelves, my Twiggy print and my tiny courtyard garden which I have crammed with as many plants and flowers as is humanely possible!

(Image credit: Submitted by Sarah)

We love to eat dinner out there in the Summer with candles and fairy lights. We live just around the corner from Petersham Nurseries (it’s a hard place to describe – maybe easier to Google it?). I love living here because is is a like a tiny hamlet, but is officially still in the borough of London, and ten minutes from a tube station. It is equidistant from Heathrow and Piccadilly Circus. It’s a tiny slice of the countryside, but close to London. The perfect combination.

Thanks, Sarah!

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