An estimated two million Britons own second homes overseas but too many put all their money and effort into buying the property and neglect the interior. “The Brits have a tendency to decorate them like caravans,” the interior David Bentheim says. “They use them as a dumping ground for grotty old furniture or they buy everything in one place. The end result is dreary and predictable.
” Bentheim, whose decorating philosophy is “rustic with attitude”, has this simple list of do’s and don’ts for second-home owners. www.bentheim.co.uk
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