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Christina Brion’s attention to detail and sense of taste have helped her make the stunning holiday cottages the position of choice for those who wish to stay in a special position in Yorkshire. He sold the company he had created from scratch to Travel Chapter in 2019. after seven years of hard work.
Confident that the logo and its consumers were in good hands, she and her husband Philip embarked on the creation of their own charming home. “When we sold the business, we lived in a 3 bedroom Edwardian space with terrace in Nunthorpe with our two children, two dogs and two cats and although we were satisfied there, we had started looking for other houses around Stokesley, Christine said.
What started as a navigation turned into love at first sight when they went to see a Georgian estate in a pretty, well-connected village. “As soon as I saw it from the outside I knew it was that and when the owners showed me us inside, it had the same feeling, although the paintings required to mount us were intimidating, “explains Christina.
Brions’ modernization of the Georgian red brick space with roses around the door is very delicate. Arcadia Builders was selected as the prime contractor because it specializes in the renovation of vintage homes and enjoys a fair reputation. maximum of the bare brick rooms and a humidity proof patio was installed, as well as new electrical and plumbing equipment, after which they were repainted.
“We’ve preserved some of the cabinets and items from the era, adding the chimneys, but almost everything else has been renovated,” christina says. “The task lasted about six months and was intense because you have to make decisions all the time. “
One of the most productive decisions was to convert what was a one-bedroom annex, adjacent to the main house, into a fabulous living kitchen with folding doors. The old workplace kitchen is now a cloak room.
The kitchen cabinets and the island were made through Dixon cabinetmakers.
The old French dining table comes from Simply Dutch in Northallerton and was covered with a dark varnish. Christina commissioned the painted furniture specialist “Skip Rat Susie” to return her to her herbal state. The table was joined through a set of antique Ercol furniture. Chairs.
The entire representation of the space is Little Greene, Farrow
“I started following her on Instagram and I love the way she mixes the old and the new and the fear of color,” says Christina, who followed Rita’s example and searched for family pieces and antiques in Etsy. com, Vinterior. co and www. vendantantiquités. . com.
Meanwhile, color abounds in the small workplace which, with a separate cloakly, is right next to the inner hallway. Shelves were installed around and above the door of the workplace, the “dead space” to create a library space.
The living room and walls are on Farrow’s comfortable blue-black balustrades.
Fitted wardrobes and are dixon
The light-tinted family circle room has been decorated with Farrow wallpaper
Upstairs there are 4 bedrooms, the largest of which is decorated in soothing and unbiased tones with framed print colours, either of which on any of the beds, which are matisse lithographs in spiral frames from Etalage UK,
Outside, Christina’s sister, Jackie Cahoon of Seed Once Sown Garden Design, devised the plan for an iroko trail from folding doors to an augmented terrace that catches the last sun.
Meanwhile, Philip has fulfilled a long-year dream of owning his own pub. He remodeled what was the old garage with a 400-year-old paved floor in a “real pub” called “Lough Fea Bar”, in honor of Christina’s father’s favourite. water point in Northern Ireland. ” I looked for a pub and that was my chance,” says Phil, who included a darts as Christina advised the Mulberry Flying Ducks wallpaper.
With their own space now renovated and decidedly a long-term home, Christina and Philip began executing their new project: buying, organizing and styling their own vacation rental. “We plan to buy 3 or 4 homes to create our own small exclusive portfolio. of holiday rentals that we will manage ourselves under a new brand, Yorkshire Velvet, “explains Christina. “The concept is that they will be design-oriented, a little more and in fact not bland. I think that’s what other people want.
Useful contacts: find Christina Brion on Instagram @yorkshirevelvet; Arcadia Builders, www. arcadiabuilders. co. uk; Dixon
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