Step inside this modern country house in West Sussex

1/10 A New England-style seaside home

This New England-style white clapperboard house is located on the West Sussex coast. Although it’s a new-build, it’s packed with good old-fashioned country charm, brought up to date with an understated contemporary colour palette.

2/10 Rustic living room with wood burner and slate floor

This seating area is cosy, practical and awash with natural textures. Create somewhere to relax in an open plan kitchen-diner with a toasty woodburner for chilly days, then position a combination of sofas and armchairs around it for versatile seating. Arrange treasured hardbacks on a high shelf (above picture rail height) for a characterful display. Use a mellow wood blanket box as an occasional table that doubles as handy storage.

Armchair
Homesense
Similar flooring
Stone Tile Company

3/10 Country hallway with lifebuoy feature

This hallway is light, airy, and full of character. Utilise understair space by creating a practical area for pulling boots on and off - this graceful antique bench is the perfect choice. Decorate banisters with pretty coastal-style bunting for an instant holiday feel and team with a vintage lifebuoy. Use an antique workbench (complete with vice for extra artisan character) as a chunky console table.

Similar shutters
Hillarys
Lifebuoy
Follit

4/10 Coastal living room with white wood panelling

This living room is bright and breezy with a soothing colour palette and relaxed furniture that evokes informality. Create a colonial feel with cane chairs arranged with cushions and throws to soften clean lines. Add instant coastal style with walls lined with shiplap cladding painted white to maximise the light. Choose a practical flooring such as wood to introduce warm tones.

Coffee table
Oka
Similar sofa
Sofa.com

5/10 Farmhouse-style kitchen diner with large wooden dining table

This kitchen has real wow factor and is classic, spacious and stylish. Choose an oversized farmhouse table to accommodate family and friends and team with vintage chapel chairs for a timeworn and homely feel. Define different areas with lighting – rise and fall lights over the dining area for atmosphere and industrial pendants over an island for task lighting. Use cupboards and drawers to hide away kitchen essentials and a large glazed cabinet to display pretty glassware and china.

Kitchen units
Neptune by Kit Stone
Industrial lights
Andy Thornton

6/10 Restful grey bedroom with country panelling

This bedroom is chic, uncluttered and awash with a palette of tranquil greys. Create a coastal feature wall and do away with the need for a headboard with tongue-and-groove panelling painted in a slate grey. Choose on-trend bedside lighting with chrome wall lights that have an industrial edge and can be angled to suit. Use decorative metal garden tables as elegant bedside storage.

Wall lights
Original BTC
Panelling paint
Lamp Room Gray by Farrow & Ball

7/10 White bathroom with metallic bateau bath

8/10 Pale grey guest bedroom with statement cushion

This guest bedroom is relaxed, calm and inviting. Choose two-toned bedlinen to echo the soft shades of the feature wall and team with crisp white linens and a linen valance for an informal feel. Add a personal touch with a graphic statement cushion that pulls the colour palette together. Introduce washed wooden furniture and accessories for a hint of nautical style.

Wall lights
Holloways of Ludlow
Linen bedcover
Oka

9/10 White children’s bedroom with star patterned rug

This children's room is versatile, classic and fun without being too childish. Furnish with two single beds for sleepovers or when extra guests come to stay. Inject a New England touch with a star rug that adds warmth underfoot. Introduce a light-hearted element with a framed film poster and position propped against the wall rather than hung up.

Similar rug
Laura Ashley
Similar lamp
Dove Mill

10/10 Neutral guest bedroom with grey slate floor

This guest bedroom is understated, restful and smart. Cosy up a white linen bed with a cable knit throw, following through the tones of the wall, floor and furniture. Mirror the plantation shutters with a louvred wardrobe in warm wooden tones for stylish storage. Bring in added character and a French feel with a vintage chest of drawers painted in a warm cream.

Similar throw
Soak and Sleep
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Scandi Living