Swapping small city apartments for rural life on the coast

When we lived in London, we rented an attic flat in West Hampstead that I absolutely loved. It was small but bright and I liked that there were distinct spaces, rather than open plan living. We rarely cooked at home, preferring to eat out or order in. When our friend Ruthie came to stay with us once, she bought us a tea towel that captured our philosophy perfectly – Fork this, let’s just go out for dinner.