A magnificently designed, meticulously renovated English farmhouse of one’s own is a lifetime lust that seems perfectly rational … until one discovers the endless headaches involved with taking on such a project.
So why buy when you can rent? Rita Konig, the English interior designer and House & Garden columnist, has done all the dirty work at her husband’s farmhouse, in County Durham so you don’t have to. Reconfiguring an enclosed staircase to open up into an expansive entryway? Done. Splurging on a Robert Kime rug for the living room? Not your problem. Tracking down the perfect shade of green to envelop the living room? Handled. (And it’s Invisible Green, by Edward Bulmer Natural Paint, by the way.)
