Gone are the days when an eight-year-old has to make do with using a water bucket for a wastepaper basket, keep their teddies in a haynet and beg their parents to saw their bedroom door in half to make a stable door.
The possibilities for a pony-mad child’s bedroom are now endless. And depending on the approval of your family, the same can be said for the rest of the house.
A word of warning — be cautious of anything overly permanent. Aged 13, your daughter may not thank you for the Thelwell curtains. And at the risk of looking like you’ve completely lost the plot, it might be an idea to limit yourself to just one equestrian item per room…
Create the ultimate horsey home
1. A hunting mural
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Go to sleep dreaming of hunting with this mural, which comes in three sizes with the largest measuring at 8’0″x11’5″.
Brighten up your morning coffee with Sophie Allport’s ‘Hold your horses!’ mug, featuring illustrations of dappled grey jumping horses interspersed with delicate grey dots.
This horse wall sticker looks and feels like traditional wallpaper, but it’s made from self-adhesive wall sticker fabric, which means there’s no need for glue or a tradesman. And the best part? It’s removable if you change your mind.
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A graduate from Durham University, Madeleine joined H&H in 2011 and became Features Editor — producing content across the magazine and website, including the popular inside back cover article ‘The horse that made me’ and the weekly ‘The best of my fun…’ interview. She has written on topics as diverse as hay making and headcams, to hot totty in the horse world and circus horses. Madeleine now works as a freelance feature writer for Country Life, The Telegraph, Horse & Hound, cntraveller.com, The Spectator and The Field, as well as writing obituaries for The Times.
