A life coach, her family and two teenage refugees live a life full of joy in their colourful Kent cottage. By Anna Lambert“This house has come together through a series of random choices,” says Oeda O’Hara of the Victorian Kentish cottage that she shares with husband Michael, her 20-year-old son Finlay and two teenage refugees, one from Afghanistan and one from Eritrea. “It should be chaos but the decoration works because as long as we’ve got colour around us, we’re happy.”Oeda (pronounced Ooda), who’s a life coach, first moved to this cottage, near Tonbridge, as a tenant 20 years ago. She viewed it as a stopgap while she and Michael, a business consultant, looked for somewhere permanent to accommodate their growing family. “There was nowhere we liked as much as here, though,” she recalls, “so eventually we asked the landlord if he’d be willing to sell. Thankfully, his answer was yes.” Continue reading…
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