Upbeat decor has transformed this Tudor farmhouse

Harriet is from Yorkshire, James is from Suffolk, but they live in Bermuda. Life there is good, but during Covid, both came to realise just how much they missed family here in the UK, and how deeply entrenched their roots were here.

They decided to buy a house in Suffolk, in a village close to where James grew up. The dilapidated Tudor farmhouse they’d bought was, however, a challenge. Harriet was managing the project online from Bermuda, using a local Suffolk architecture firm.

At the point where the building work was complete enough to think about decorating, she asked interior designer, Sean Symington, to step in.