When Shirley Au purchased just a bit brick cottage in Sonning, a quaint village inside the English countryside, she was initially going to transform it proper right into a residential-style showroom for One different Nation, the furnishings agency for which she serves as a director. Nevertheless even after she pivoted to turning the earlier mill proper right into a weekend dwelling for her youthful family, she nonetheless wanted to prominently exhibit the mannequin’s trendy objects alongside charming prints and a whimsical palette of greens, reds, and blues.
So Shirley tapped London-based inside designer Jill Macnair, who was impressed by Kettle’s Yard and Charleston, two paintings museums set in iconic houses. “I wanted to hold into play that type of ethos, nevertheless I knew the purchasers wouldn’t want it to be pretty as busy or eclectic as each of those duties,” Jill explains. “We would have liked to hit a warmth minimalism actually really feel. There’s pattern and quite a few color, nevertheless there’s not numerous stuff. It is such a small home, so each merchandise wanted to be pretty express.”
Let’s take a tour:
Photos by Beth Evans.
” sizes=”(max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px” alt=”the dining room” width=”733″ height=”550″ data-ezsrcset=”https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-1-733×550.jpg 733w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-1-300×225.jpg 300w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-1-768×576.jpg 768w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-1-1024×768.jpg 1024w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-1-1536×1152.jpg 1536w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-1-2048×1536.jpg 2048w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-1-376×282.jpg 376w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-1-584×438.jpg 584w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-1-1168×876.jpg 1168w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-1-1466×1100.jpg 1466w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-1-492×369.jpg 492w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-1-150×113.jpg 150w” data-ezsrc=”https://www.remodelista.com/ezoimgfmt/media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-1-733×550.jpg” />Above: The consuming room’s inexperienced and ivory Antoinette Poisson wallpaper, which features a geometric pattern of circles, triangles, and olive branches, was the very very very first thing Jill chosen for the cottage. “It’s merely truly pretty and funky, and it’s acquired a contact of that English eccentricity although it’s French,” she says. “That was certainly one of many devices that set the tone, and I began to assemble the palette up from that.”” sizes=”(max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px” alt=”jill crafted a roman shade featuring a playful georgie hopton dropped cherries 18″ width=”733″ height=”977″ data-ezsrcset=”https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-2-733×977.jpg 733w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-2-225×300.jpg 225w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-2-768×1024.jpg 768w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-2-1152×1536.jpg 1152w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-2-1536×2048.jpg 1536w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-2-400×533.jpg 400w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-2-1466×1955.jpg 1466w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-2-492×656.jpg 492w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-2-640×853.jpg 640w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-2-150×200.jpg 150w” data-ezsrc=”https://www.remodelista.com/ezoimgfmt/media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-2-733×977.jpg” />Above: Jill crafted a Roman shade that features a playful Georgie Hopton Dropped Cherries materials and designed a curvy banquette to accompany the custom-made One different Nation consuming desk. (Bear in mind the desk’s charred wood prime and subtly rippled edge, which speaks to the wavy rattan pendant.)” sizes=”(max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px” alt=”another country founder paul de zwart helped jill and shirley create bespoke ve 19″ width=”733″ height=”977″ data-ezsrcset=”https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-3-733×977.jpg 733w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-3-225×300.jpg 225w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-3-768×1024.jpg 768w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-3-1152×1536.jpg 1152w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-3-1536×2048.jpg 1536w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-3-400×533.jpg 400w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-3-1466×1955.jpg 1466w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-3-492×656.jpg 492w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-3-640×853.jpg 640w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-3-150×200.jpg 150w” data-ezsrc=”https://www.remodelista.com/ezoimgfmt/media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-3-733×977.jpg” />Above: One different Nation founder Paul de Zwart helped Jill and Shirley create bespoke variations of signature objects identical to the Syd Chair, which typically comes with a pure ash wood physique and a leather-based slung seat. The crew opted for a neon inexperienced painted physique and a rush seat as an alternative. The painting is by Dominic J Mchenry.” sizes=”(max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px” alt=”shirley wanted to keep the existing cabinetry, so jill refreshed it with a coat 20″ width=”733″ height=”977″ data-ezsrcset=”https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-4-733×977.jpg 733w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-4-225×300.jpg 225w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-4-768×1024.jpg 768w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-4-1152×1536.jpg 1152w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-4-1536×2048.jpg 1536w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-4-400×533.jpg 400w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-4-1466×1955.jpg 1466w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-4-492×656.jpg 492w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-4-640×853.jpg 640w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-4-150×200.jpg 150w” data-ezsrc=”https://www.remodelista.com/ezoimgfmt/media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-4-733×977.jpg” />Above: Shirley wanted to take care of the current cabinetry, so Jill refreshed it with a coat of Bancha by Farrow & Ball. She then put in a model new butcher-block countertop and terracotta Fired Earth floor tiles with tonal delicate crimson grout. “The selection to color-match was about lowering too many components of distinction,” Jill says. On present inside the kitchen: abstract paintings by Georgie Hopton (courtesy of the artist and Lyndsey Ingram).” sizes=”(max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px” alt=”on the walls, jill went with soft school house white by farrow & ball. a mo 21″ width=”733″ height=”550″ data-ezsrcset=”https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-5-733×550.jpg 733w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-5-300×225.jpg 300w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-5-768×576.jpg 768w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-5-1024×768.jpg 1024w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-5-1536×1152.jpg 1536w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-5-2048×1536.jpg 2048w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-5-376×282.jpg 376w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-5-584×438.jpg 584w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-5-1168×876.jpg 1168w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-5-1466×1100.jpg 1466w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-5-492×369.jpg 492w, https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-5-150×113.jpg 150w” data-ezsrc=”https://www.remodelista.com/ezoimgfmt/media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jill-macnair-mill-lodge-5-733×550.jpg” />Above: On the partitions, Jill went with light Faculty House White by Farrow & Ball. A moulded paper-pulp lamp from Palefire sits on the counter.
