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Far from the madding crowd: in the heart of Thomas Hardy country, Tom Helme and his family enjoy a rustic idyll.(interior designer)(farmhouse restoration )(Interview)

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From: House Beautiful
Date: 20030501
Author:McCarthy, Fiona

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, WHEN TOM Helme began to rehabilitate this 1815 Wiltshire farm to share with his wife and their children--now numbering four, ranging in age from nine to sixteen--he was as ready as any man in England. Having spent his early decorating career working with David Mlinaric, whose clientele includes rock stars, duchesses, and the National Trust, Helme had turned what he modestly calls his "handiness with a paint brush" into a specialty. For almost eighteen years, he advised the Trust on restoring old treasures--from a threadbare carpet to a crumbling plaster wall--in ...

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