Pond Cottage is on an estate designed as a retreat for visiting artists and creatives. Designer Christian Bense selected five paint colours per room (!!!!!) ensuring the rooms felt full of personality and layered. He wanted the home to have all of the charm of a quintessential country house but without the chintz. What does he have against chintz? 😉 It’s a beautiful home regardless and I’m obsessed with the colour palette. Photos: Paul Whitbread.