Step inside this glamorous Surrey barn conversion
Country Homes and Interiors takes a tour around this stunning Surrey barn conversion. Click through our photo gallery for ways to create this elegant French-style look. For more house tours and decorating ideas, go to housetohome.co.uk
The barn is an early Victorian conversion and is joined by an oak and glazed link to the cottage and an additional barn.
1/10 Exterior
2/10 Garden
The stainless-steel sphere water feature is at the heart of the formal courtyard garden.
Water feature
waterfeatures2go.co.uk
3/10 Winter snug
The exposed brickwork chimney breast with its woodburning stove is complemented by the French-style neutral furnishings creating a light and comforting living room.
Sofa and chairs
Oka
Throw
Cologne & Cotton
Occasional table
Pierre Frey
French silk curtain fabric
Chase Erwin
Cushion fabrics
Designers Guild
Pierre Frey
Lelievre
4/10 Piano room
Elegant French furniture and a striking clock, ornate lamps and decorative stone pineapple, all bought in France, conjure up a sophisticated feel.
Clock
Similar from Maisons du Monde
Cushion fabrics
Designers Guild
Painting
Barry Ball
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5/10 Kitchen
The smart open-plan kitchen, with its classic country style wooden units and island, is complemented by contemporary seating around a sleek kitchen table.
Miss Lacy chairs
Philippe Starck at Go Modern
Table
Heal’s
Kitchen units
Similar from Smallbone of Devizes
Large wine glass vases
The Conran Shop
French radiators
Similar from Salvage Doctor
6/10 Family room
This room was designed to be modern and opulent with oversized sofas and occasional chairs grouped around an oval coffee table. The contemporary painting conceals a TV screen.
Coffee table and side tables
Decorus
Sofas
Fox Linton
Chairs
Duresta at John Lewis
Rug
Jacaranda
7/10 Dining room
A grey-painted armoire creates beautiful storage and display while a mirror and upholstered Louis dining chairs add French style.
Table
The Conran Shop
Chairs
Ma Maison
Rug
Jacaranda
Armoire
Similar from Oka
Curtain fabric
Lelievre
8/10 Main bedroom
Beams were washed creamy white to maximise the light. An elegant upholstered French bed is the focal point of the bedroom scheme.
Bed
Similar from Sweetpea & Willow
Bed linen
The White Company
Cushion fabric
Lelievre
Zoffany
Silver mirrors and table
Brissi
Lamps
Heal’s
Curtain fabric
Wemyss
9/10 Guest bedroom
With ceilings open to the eaves, this bedroom space has been transformed into a sleeping and sitting area with French-style bed and furniture. Symmetrical mirrors behind the bedside table are a good design feature.
Bedlinen and throws
The White Company
Footstool
The Footstool Company
Rug
The Natural Rug Store
10/10 Bathroom
The original beam naturally divides the space in the bathroom with a bathing and washing areas either side. Whites and neutrals are made interesting with a country-style bathroom storage and a wicker laundry basket.
Washstands
Brissi
Bath
CP Hart
Wicker baskets
Similar from The Holding Company
Natural limestone flooring
Similar from Stonell
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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.
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