Upon moving to the East Sussex coast, Geoff Stonebanks created Driftwood – a coastal garden full of innovative planting and original artworks – where he serves delicious tea and cake. Words: Alex Reece. Photographs: Paul Viant
Caroline Quentin and her husband Sam Farmer have created a coastal haven on Cornwall’s Helford River estuary where they can indulge their twin passions for boating and birdwatching. Words: Alex Reece. Photographs: Jason Ingram
How creative couple Debra Hepburn and Julian Whitehead breathed new life into a neglected Regency property – once a party house for St Ives artists – overlooking the Cornish coast. Words: Nicola Smith. Photographs: Paul Ryan-Goff
The transformation of a run-down arts club into a boutique guesthouse in Penzance has been a life-changing project for city émigrée Susan Stuart. Words: Lesley Gillilan. Photographs Paul Ryan-Goff
Living in a fishing village in North Devon, Emma Cocker and Neil Randall have turned their coastal cottage into a modern home and feel very lucky to have the sea on their doorstep. Words and photographs: Caroline Rees
How Midcentury enthusiasts Jonathan Howell and Clara Swinson fell hard for an iconic Modernist building on the West Sussex coast. Words: Alex Reece. Photographs: Bill Kingston
It was a love of the great outdoors that inspired Roo and Ian Cross to transform their 1970s seaside bungalow into a stylish new pad. Words and Styling: Alice Westgate Photographs: Paul Ryan-Goff
How furniture and interior designer Emma Whyte transformed a shoreline 1950s cottage on the Isle of Skye into a showcase for her unique take on upcycled chic Words: Alex Reece Photographs: David Barbour
Interiors innovator Lisa Whatmough has chosen a suitably meditative location for her stylish seaside hideaway – on a Norfolk beach, off the beaten tourist track. Words: Kathryn Reilly. Photographs: Bill Kingston
