Here are some of the suppliers whose generous gifts and discounts have helped to make this house possible:
St. Astier supplies a whole range of limes for rendering
Barthe is a small family-run business that makes beautiful terracotta floor tiles
Araltec supplies extruded aluminium guttering in several different colours
Naptural supplied the Batiplume roof insulation (of sheep's wool and feathers made)
Southern Solar offers guidance on and installation of solar panels
The Apple Orchard imports lovely French oak tables and chairs (on which we sit at meal times)
Red Displays supply metal cassette, CD and record shelves in a wide range of colours. A sine qua non for music hoarders.
The Shelf Store supplies easy-to-assemble pine shelving system for a huge range of uses (from simple bookshelves to desks and wardrobes). They have helped us discover organisation
Ecos Paints manufacture healthy breathable paints that don’t use solvents and come in a range of really nice colours
Holkham Linseed Paints supplies beautiful durable and ecological paints imported from Sweden. They use linseed oil rather than solvents as their base
Kinetico supplied our incredibly compact and efficient water softener
Herman Miller make the most comfortable office chair I have ever been fortunate enough to sit in
Choice Bedrooms make and fit elegant space-saving sliding wardrobes, which have helped us make the most of our diminutive bedrooms
Ingrid Squirrel bought our old house in the Corrèze. A really talented sculptor, she gave us ‘our lady’ (see image on this page), which stands on the covered balcony with the new Mitsubishi heat pump
Mitsubishi supplied our Ecodan air-source heat pump (see image) for the underfloor heating
SWS of Preston, Lancashire made and supplied our bespoke green security shutters that help to keep us warm in winter and cool in summer
St. Astier supplies a whole range of limes for rendering
Barthe is a small family-run business that makes beautiful terracotta floor tiles
Araltec supplies extruded aluminium guttering in several different colours
Naptural supplied the Batiplume roof insulation (of sheep's wool and feathers made)
Southern Solar offers guidance on and installation of solar panels
The Apple Orchard imports lovely French oak tables and chairs (on which we sit at meal times)
Red Displays supply metal cassette, CD and record shelves in a wide range of colours. A sine qua non for music hoarders.
The Shelf Store supplies easy-to-assemble pine shelving system for a huge range of uses (from simple bookshelves to desks and wardrobes). They have helped us discover organisation
Ecos Paints manufacture healthy breathable paints that don’t use solvents and come in a range of really nice colours
Holkham Linseed Paints supplies beautiful durable and ecological paints imported from Sweden. They use linseed oil rather than solvents as their base
Kinetico supplied our incredibly compact and efficient water softener
Herman Miller make the most comfortable office chair I have ever been fortunate enough to sit in
Choice Bedrooms make and fit elegant space-saving sliding wardrobes, which have helped us make the most of our diminutive bedrooms
Ingrid Squirrel bought our old house in the Corrèze. A really talented sculptor, she gave us ‘our lady’ (see image on this page), which stands on the covered balcony with the new Mitsubishi heat pump
Mitsubishi supplied our Ecodan air-source heat pump (see image) for the underfloor heating
SWS of Preston, Lancashire made and supplied our bespoke green security shutters that help to keep us warm in winter and cool in summer
