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Interior design with charm factor

A couple of weeks ago, Jane and I took ourselves off to Pitney, between Somerton and Langport, for lunch at the Halfway House, one of Somerset's most charming pubs. The pub is scruffy, with mismatched tables and benches, newspapers, maps and guides strewn over them. The well worn bar top is wet with real ales and ciders which slop from their tankards en route from the barrels in the back room.

Please don't change it. On from the pub to Pitney Farm Shop to stock up on organic sausages. The shop and the family who run it are charming too. Rob and Liz Walrond have been farming organically since 2001 as a matter of fundamental principle rather than marketing expediency.

Their integrity shows in the outstanding quality of their produce and their very genuine care for the way in which they farm and do business. If you arrive by bicycle or on foot to shop at Pitney, you get a discount. The Walronds commissioned an artist friend to design their emblem, which encapsulates their simple honest principles.

The seaside cannot get more charming than at Beer, on the East Devon coast. Stripey deck chairs and beach huts, with fishing boats winched up onto the shingle, their catch of lobster and crab cooked and sold on the slipway. Just up the road is the Marine Gallery, a friendly and approachable place whose owners have a mission to make art accessible to all in an open and welcoming space.

The gallery plays host to some very accomplished artists. In recent weeks it has seen a return of Anita Klein, who depicts in a charming naïve style her children, her husband Nige and herself in unremarkable domestic context. So what's this got to do with interior design and decoration? Just that charm is about integrity and simplicity and it usually has a story to tell. A home that is decorated entirely from a furnishing store cannot achieve a high charm factor. There is no provenance and no story to tell. Except that it might look vaguely Swedish.

 Richard Clayton is MD of Jane Clayton and Company Ltd, Interior Design www.janeclayton.co.uk www.pitneyfarmshop.co.uk www.marinehouseatbeer.co.uk

Jane Clayton & Company Limited is Bristol and Bath's largest interior designer. Our interior design ideas are used in show homes, hotel refurbishments and residential properties throughout the UK.

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Jane Clayton & Company Limited is Bristol and Bath's largest interior designer. Our interior design ideas are used in show homes, hotel refurbishments and residential properties throughout the UK.

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