From cowshed to stylish country cottage


05.03.2008

Natural country living room with wooden furniture and leather sofas

Dream cottage

After finally securing a property she fell in love with five years previously, one homeowner has created a space packed with style.

Joanne McLoughlin, 43, a pharmaceuticals sales manager, lives in Leeds. She was second-time lucky with her cottage that was once a cowshed

by Heather Dixon, photographs: Colin Poole

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