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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Sian Williams

Make do and mend: a Welsh cottage gets all dressed up

Well-earned rest: Xanthe Dewsnap puts her feet up after a long morning’s sheepskin bootmaking.
Well-earned rest: Xanthe Dewsnap puts her feet up after a long morning’s sheepskin bootmaking. Photograph: Brent Darby

We’d always wanted to live in this area of Wales,” says Xanthe Dewsnap. “The dream was somewhere with big windows and a large garden, so when this house and grounds turned up, it was so exciting to finally find somewhere that ticked all the boxes. I remember first setting eyes on it, it looked quite beautiful within the hilly Carmarthenshire landscape, a colourful blot of pale yellow on the outside and all white on the inside.”

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