call it the Hansel and Gretel house,’ says interior designer Ellen ten Hove, in reference to her latest project; a holiday home in Bergen, close to the Dutch coast. The property, built in 1918, certainly has a fairy-tale feel, although a very different one to the original, chocolate-box design that she, and business partner and interior architect, Timothy Luhukay, encountered on their first site visit. Back then, the exterior, although charming, featured garish mustard
