This carefully restored wing of a Georgian house in Cornwall, England, overlooks the tall ships in Charleston, a historic harbor village designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. With its spare white walls, pale wood floors, and just-so furnishings old and new, it’s filled with timeless design ideas. Known as the Marine Villa, it’s available for rent through Antonia’s Pearls and Kid & Coe. Classic British seaside holiday, anyone?
Photography from Kid & Coe.
Above: The Hector wall sconce is from Original BTC. Above: Shelves in the dining room are stocked with Cornishware, named for the blue sky and white-crested waves of Cornwall. Find out more in Cornishware: The Seaside Classic. Above: The house has a modern kitchen with a pleasingly simple materials palette and new equipment. Like the look of the wood counters? See Remodeling 101: Butcher Block. Above: A series of wood-framed oil paintings and a blue velvet armchair bring seaside colors into a white room. Above: Traditional furniture looks equally at home against the white walls. Above: The house has three bedrooms and one bath; it can sleep up to six people. Above: Vacation reading: Enid Blyton’s Famous Five kids’ books, first published in the 1940s through the early 1960s. Above: Romantic detailing—brick fireplace and smoky velvet armchair, included—in a crisp white bedroom. Above: Above the fireplace mantel, an oil painting of a tall ship is flanked by Staffordshire figures. Above: In the smallest bedroom, a recess in the wall works as a headboard. Above: In the lone bathroom, a floor-to-ceiling white shower curtain envelops a cast-iron bathtub. Above: A gilt mirror presents an interesting contrast to the wood paneling. Above: Every room has a view. For more details, go to Kid & Cole.
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