This all started with Emily Tobin, Deputy Editor of The World Of Interiors. In December 2021, I asked the kind people of Tete a Tat to choose their dream gifts - no matter the cost. Being a prudent lot, many of them chose property. But it was Emily Tobin's choice that was the catalyst:
'I imagine this might take a lot of wrangling with The Landmark Trust, but what I'd really love for Christmas, if money were no object, are the keys to The Farmhouse at Lower Porthmeor in Cornwall. It sits a little way back from one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline in the UK, and I promise I would look after it beautifully.'
We then discussed how clever her choice was, as you could move straight in without changing a thing. Usually, I spend hours looking at properties and thinking of the way in which I would space the furniture, strip back the decoration, and have such fun in sourcing all the furniture. In this particular case, though, The Landmark Trust had beaten me to the punch, as they have perfected the art of the holiday bolt hole. What piqued my interest in Emily’s Cottage (as I now think of it) was the blue blind in the clean white downstairs loo, sterile in description, but in look - charmant! I thought: 'I bet they've done other places all nice'. I wasn't wrong. They've done them real nice. Not only that, I think there are some rather nifty ideas in those houses. So here it is, my ode to The Landmark Trust. Get ready for some stunning pictures, snazzy details and maybe a holiday or two.
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