LIV Chats To…Rustic Lover Ana About Her Beautiful Vintage Home
This week we're chatting to ANA from @spinks.nest.cottage- her HOME mixes reclaimed vintage and modern rustic STYLE.
We were in search of a weekend bolthole from our busy London life and organised a 3-day house hunting trip to Norfolk with house viewings arranged every single day. Luckily for us, these two little dilapidated Norfolk cottages were in probate and had only just come onto the market.
Fate played its hand and we knew instantly that we’d found the house for us. It was just what we were looking for; situated in an idyllic rural location with a thriving village pub just a stone’s throw away and close to a small market town, but the main factor was down to its location and aspect within this sleepy hamlet.
Riverbank as the name suggests is situated by the side of a river with woodland views. It’s a far cry from the hustle and bustle of London. It was love at first sight and we submitted an immediate offer and our renovation journey began. @spinks.nest.cottage came about as a way of documenting our journey and very quickly has become a great community for us.
Our original interior design style was modern rustic but as the design process progressed we steered towards a more vintage style. A meeting of reclaimed vintage and modern rustic is possibly the best way to describe our interior style, with quirky, fun elements and a touch of drama.
We have introduced modern elements throughout with the clever use of materials – micro-cement in the bathroom, strip-boards on the ceilings, light pink pamments on the floor, zinc sheet in the kitchen, modern appliances and well-designed mood lighting.
Our style was driven by the cottage itself and its surroundings. We wanted to stay true to the history of the building. It is a total contrast to the modern minimalist gallery style of our previous flat in London.
At the onset of the Spinks Nest Cottage renovation project it was our intention to retain as many original features as possible. Unfortunately, the reality was quite different. Spinks Nest was in such a dilapidated state that many original features crumbled the moment they were touched. Instead, we have sympathetically replaced original features with reclaimed materials.
One of our goals was to keep the feeling that the building had always been there.