Country Homes & Interiors

‘From South Africa to the Scottish Borders’

Eight years ago, I was at the height of my corporate career, living life in the high-heeled fast lane as an expat in Johannesburg, South Africa. I loved my job, yet I knew my 12-hour days as the COO of a large multinational were numbered.

Life outside of work was crammed into the three hours before my children went to bed. I felt trapped in the never-ending cycle and completely out of control of my everyday world.

Never would I have dreamed during the proverbial rock-bottom moment that I

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