Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
The secret to a cosy, homely interior? Never buying new
telegraph.co.ukrescued and upcycled. “I can’t stand waste and I see the potential in almost all objects and materials,” she says. “Many of the items I found were resurrected by myself and Neil and are still cherished today in our current home.
I’ve found that asking nicely generally gets one permission to ‘skip-dive’.”After the birth of their second son in 2000, the couple made the move out of London to an Edwardian four-bedroom, three-storey home in Buckinghamshire, which they named the Warren, and which subtly changed Christiane’s approach to decorating. “I initially liked to have all of my familiar things around me to create a feeling of security,” she says. “But with more space here, we’re able to store some things away and bring them out for certain seasons and celebrations.” Changing her home to suit the seasons has become a large part of Christiane’s style. “It’s important not to treat objects like museum pieces; everything gets its turn to be used and admired.
Over the years, I’ve found that switching things up is a great way to keep old things feeling fresh.”When skips aren’t offering up treasure, she sticks by her belief that old is better than new, and sources for both the house and the garden at antique, vintage and salvage fairs, as well as at antique centres and second-hand shops.
With the concept of “fast interiors” rapidly catching up with that of fast fashion, and both creating untold damage to the planet, choosing old over new – from textiles through to painted furniture – must surely be the better option.“Even as a child, I didn’t like anything new or plastic and would always gravitate towards the timeworn and storied,” says Christiane. “I am loathe to waste anything and mending was a habit taught to me by my very.
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