Charleston farmhouse interiors

Nestled in bucolic Sussex gardens the seventeenth-century exterior belies the riot of imaginative decoration inside; a legacy of its function as artistic residence to the Bloomsbury Group.

Charleston is the modernist home and studio of painters Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, and a place that brings people together to engage with art and ideas.

Vanessa Bell's bedroom Tall cupboard decorated by Vanessa Bell in 1917. It originally contained a foldaway bed. © Charleston Trust Photograph by Penny Fewster

The French call the little, personal and inconsequential anecdotes that are most revealing of life, les petites histoires. Charleston Farmhouse is full of them, signposts and memoranda of the lives of the illustrious, clever Bloomsbury Group who painted in circles, loved in triangles and lived in squares in that unfashionable London quartier. Except that they

The joyful exuberance of the Bloomsbury Group’s spiritual home is having a notable bearing on the work of designers and craftspeople living nearby, finds Arabella Youens.

The French call the little, personal and inconsequential anecdotes that are most revealing of life, les petites histoires. Charleston Farmhouse is full of them, signposts and memoranda of the lives of the illustrious, clever Bloomsbury Group who painted in circles, loved in triangles and lived in squares in that unfashionable London quartier. Except that they

Authentic Designs has been custom building unique period and modern lighting fixtures for sixty years. Our skilled artisan metal smiths and woodworkers use the highest quality materials to build lights for an array of styles, decors and eras including Early American, Colonial, Federalist and contemporary. Made in USA.

Herlong Architects designed this beautiful coastal-style home in Mount Pleasant, a suburban town in Charleston County, South Carolina.