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Whether you live in the town or countryside, in Country Living you’ll find a wealth of ideas for your home and garden, learn about traditional crafts, keep informed of rural issues, enjoy irresistible dishes using seasonal produce and, above all, escape the stress and strain of modern-day life.

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SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE • A country escape in South Africa’s Cape Winelands combines comfort and playful design to create a family retreat with a quirky twist

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MEDITERRANEAN MODERN • A Seventies villa perched above the sea in Jávea, Spain, was upgraded more recently to become a Passivhaus with excellent ecological credentials

ARTISAN PROFILE • “My interest has always been a response to the natural environment”

PUTTING DOWN ROOTS • A childhood fascination with treehouses has resulted in this fairytale stilted cabin in Northumberland

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A WHOLE NEW WORLD • An extraordinary home and garden – hidden away in the Tramuntana mountains on Mallorca with amazing views over the sea – has evolved to become a unique home and guesthouse

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CALIFORNIA DREAMING • A new-build in England’s Hampshire is the perfect showcase for its owner’s love of cool, west-coast American style

ARTISAN PROFILE • “Weaving suits my mathematical brain – I like things to be ordered”

LA BELLE VIE • A Dutch interior designer escaped an urban life to the Lot-et-Garonne in France to create a dreamy rural retreat

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KITH AND KIN • A close-knit family reunited to restore their charming old estate, once a working farm, above the beautiful Ligurian coast in Italy

ARTISAN PROFILE • “I use surplus mill stock, fabric offcuts and waste from other processes”

SMALL WONDER • An innovative wooden guesthouse in Cape Town was designed as an experiment for a new kind of sustainable building

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OCEAN COLOUR SCENE • An old Georgian cottage in the Fisherman’s Quarter of Deal on the Kent coast has been imaginatively updated with vivid shades

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LIGHT OF MY LIFE • One couple left Paris behind to set up home in a dilapidated farmhouse in central France and start a new business focused on natural materials

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AWAY FROM IT ALL • A contemporary off-grid cabin built on an expanse of semi-desert on the edge of a nature reserve in South Africa’s Klein Karoo has become a spectacular sanctuary

ARTISAN PROFILE • “I was torn between sculpture and architecture. Furniture fitted in the middle”

RANCH DRESSING • Inspired by Scandinavian cabins, Kiki and Chris Hodgson fused old with new to create an eco-friendly escape on their working farm in Yorkshire

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PERFECTLY IMPERFECT • A Swedish couple found a remote finca on Mallorca, taking inspiration from North Africa for its earthy styling and decoration

ARTISAN PROFILE • “As an architect, I like neutral tones and the tactile quality of materials”

PHOENIX RISING • This Kentish village home was reworked by its owners into a modern barn with a host of creative ideas and vintage buys

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BOX FRESH • A remote old barn in the Swiss Alps has been completely reinvented, preserving its integrity and locating an ultra-modern cube...