After living in Australia for three years, Liney and Jonathan returned to the UK with their three children and assorted pets, on a mission to find a family home. ‘We stumbled across this house almost by accident when we were looking at schools for the children,’ says Liney, adding that the large garden and Dorset village setting instantly appealed.

The kitchen, which was once a barn attached to the house, was an immediate attraction, given its generous size and lofty height. Less appealing, though, was the wood-on-wood-on-wood finish of the room. ‘Oak units, dark timber beams and roof trusses felt quite oppressive,’ says Liney. ‘In any event, the cabinets were getting to the end of their life.’

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