Sara Emslie

1 week ago | idealhome.co.uk | Sara Emslie |Andrea Childs

When Holly Wharton and husband Charlie felt the time had come to sell their flat in south-west London, they were won over by the proximity to the sea, the vast countryside and the natural beauty of West Sussex. Not long into their search, a farmhouse complete with a pair of rundown outbuildings presented itself. Holly had ambitions to retrain as a florist once they were settled somewhere new, so had a few ideas of how their move to the country could become an income generator too.

2 weeks ago | idealhome.co.uk | Sara Emslie |Andrea Childs

This cheerful house in Salcombe, Devon, sits on a hill with views over the town, coast and countryside. A family home, the four-storey Victoria property has a kitchen, pantry, dining room, sitting room, cloakroom, utility, games room, cinema, study, five bedrooms and three bathrooms. ‘We needed help to plan the kitchen and to tie together some of our wild colour ideas,' explains owner, Olivia about creating the house we're touring today.

2 months ago | idealhome.co.uk | Sara Emslie |Andrea Childs

The plan for Gem Boner, her partner Thom Scherdel and their two children was quite simple – they wanted to move out of East London and settle in the English countryside. ‘We had dreamed of setting up a business but we didn’t know exactly what we wanted or where to do it, so one weekend we drew a two hours’ circle around London and started to look for places with lots of land,’ Gem explains. The lure of idyllic countryside and beautiful beaches made Suffolk stand out.