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Location: New Forest, UK

Interior Designer: Blank – Slate Studio, Bari Jerauld

Construction: Colorare

Photography: Chris Snook

New Forest Country House is a stylish country escape for a busy London family. The estate comprises of a main house, two guest cottages, a pool house, a writing studio, a study and a party barn. There are vegetable gardens, olive trees, paddocks and completely surrounded by the enchanted forest.

The brief for Blank – Slate Studio was to reinvent what was previously a very tired property, gutting it to its bare bones. Over the year, the clients had obtained an extensive and vibrant art collection, the furnishings were to act as the perfect backdrop and complement each piece. The designers were given full creative freedom for the design scheme, which is every designer’s dream.

Whilst the clients wanted to escape their busy London life, they also wanted to use the Country House as a place to entertain family and friends. Blank – Slate Studio removed most of the old doors and opened up many of the walls, which created a more free flowing space from one room to another and allowed the designers to introduce spaces that would be perfect for hosting elegant evening soirees.

The property now feels appropriate to its surrounding areas. The forest and green paddocks serve as backdrop out of every window, Blank – Slate Studio wanted to incorporate the outside in with having large French doors opening up to the patio overlooking the majority of the property.