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Karen Darlow

‘People can be a bit afraid of using wallpaper for a kitchen, but I love seeing pattern'

Christmas living room with stove fireplace, bare brick wall, natural fire swag over decorated with ribbons and traditional armchair.

Eleven years ago, if you’d told Cheney Fairchild that one day she’d be serving up Christmas lunch for her family in a very English farmhouse on her own design of china plates, and surrounded by the fabrics and wallpapers she designed she wouldn’t have believed you. It’s been quite a journey to get to this point.

A Victorian farmhouse in need of a makeover was the perfect testing ground for a designer's own wallpaper and fabric designs and makes an idyllic backdrop for seasonal celebrations with her family.

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