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Karen Darlow

This Somerset cottage is full of pattern, personality and quirky charm

Fireplace in room with botanical wallpaper and mantle covered in dried flower arrangements.

Although Kayleigh now describes her little Grade II listed two-bedroom cottage in Somerset as 'like a warm, reassuring hug,' it proved more of a pain than a comfort when she and her husband Stephen first moved in.

Built in the 1690s for a silk thrower, who would spin silk into thread, when the couple bought it, the interiors were tired and lacking in character, with bland white walls and many of the original 17th-century features covered up.

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