Interior designer and author Ben Pentreath welcomes House & Garden into his Parsonage, tucked away in the English countryside in Dorset. “It’s an incredibly tranquil, secret little place,” says Ben as he introduces his church house. “You somehow feel as if you’re entering a lost world that time has forgotten.” Join Ben Pentreath as we tour his 19th-century church house in West Dorset, as he says goodbye to his beloved home.
my favorite comment from the video: I love this guy. The way he honors his mother, his generous acknowledgements of his friends, his affection for his husband, his good humor, his sense of fun, his self-deprecating, self-aware remarks about his collecting “addictions,” his appreciation for history, and the attitude with which he’s turned the loss of a wonderful home into “one of the most exciting adventures of our lives” – he reveals all that in nine and a half minutes. He’s great, and his color sense and decorating eye are fantastic, too.