Step inside a Colonial-style Dutch house

Take a room-by-room tour around beautiful Homes & Gardens readers' homes. This week we look inside this gorgeous Colonial-style Dutch house for stunning decorating inspiration. Be inspired by this artistic country-style home.

The pyramidal-shaped façade of this Dutch country home creates a striking view, framed by neatly clipped box hedges.

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house exterior with potted plant tree green lawn

(Image credit: Future PLC/ Mark Luscombe-Whyte)

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living room with coffee table sofa chair

(Image credit: Future PLC/ Mark Luscombe-Whyte)

The living room is the only room in this renovated home to retain its original shape and position. When children descend, the TV is revealed from behind doors on the chimney breast!

The coffee tables are from Rivièra Maison. Find similar louvred shutters at The New England Shutter Company.

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dinning area with wooden dinning table chair hanging light

(Image credit: Future PLC/ Mark Luscombe-Whyte)

The large dining table is one of the main focus points of the house, where everyone gathers for family meals.

The dining chairs are from Rivièra Maison. For similar hanging lights, try Jim Lawrence.

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veranda with lanterns and sofa

(Image credit: Future PLC/ Mark Luscombe-Whyte)

Hurricane lanterns on the veranda illuminate evening gatherings.

Find a wide range of gorgeous outdoor furniture like this at Rivièra Maison.

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master bedroom with headboard white canopy

(Image credit: Future PLC/ Mark Luscombe-Whyte)

A billowing muslin canopy and woven rattan bring a colonial air to the master bedroom, while the fake fur adds cosiness.

For a rustic rattan headboard, try Rivièra Maison. Visit Rapt for a similar fake-fur throw.

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bathroom with floor tiles and mirror

(Image credit: Future PLC/ Mark Luscombe-Whyte)

A vintage dressmaker's dummy sets a period tone outside the large bathroom.

Floor tiles similar to these can be sourced at Fired Earth.

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bathroom with washbasin and white door

(Image credit: Future PLC/ Mark Luscombe-Whyte)

The bathroom has a Moroccan-inspired feel, with a tadelakt finish painstakingly applied to the surrounds of the walk-in shower, washbasin and bath.

For a similar, bespoke tadelakt finish, contact Decor Bristol.

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bedroom with pink wall and air conditioner

(Image credit: Future PLC/ Mark Luscombe-Whyte)

Tucked under the eaves, this is the ultimate bedroom for any girl who loves pink.

For a similar wall shelf, try Chic Shack.

Looking for more stunning readers' homes to look around? Take a look at our House Tours section for everything from a modern London penthouse and beautiful mews house, to an Edwardian country manor and Simon Lycett's home.

Heather Young
Editor

Heather Young has been Ideal Home’s Editor since late 2020, and Editor-In-Chief since 2023. She is an interiors journalist and editor who’s been working for some of the UK’s leading interiors magazines for over 20 years, both in-house and as a freelancer.