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Christmas at Lavender Farmhouse

Christmas decorations of English country house

The old farm is now a golf course, but arriving via the long gravel driveway to Lavender Farmhouse in Berkshire, is like taking a step back into a world before technology and plasma TVs invaded our lives. The owner's background in fashion and years as a director of Harvey Nichols developed her eye for glamour and styling. “Before I got married I spent all my money on wonderful clothes, but I’m a great believer in the natural cross-over between fashion and interior design and there is no better time than Christmas to create a little bit of theatre,” she says.