Upcycling and secondhand buys helped keep the budget down on this striking cottage renovation

Country cottage kitchen with cream coloured shaker cabinets and cup handles, a charcoal coloured dining table with white tablecloth and sliding doors that lead to the garden.

With lots of renovation experience and having recently put their stamp on a new-build house, this couple were ready for a bigger project, but hadn’t quite planned on building a home from the ground up.

The couple both grew up in rural Norfolk and loved the slow pace of life, the sense of community and being close to nature – and wanted their children to have the same upbringing.