Jayne Dowle is an award-winning freelance homes, interiors, gardening and property writer who writes about everything from cushions to country house history, for publications including Sunday Times Home, Times Bricks & Mortar, Grand Designs, House Beautiful, Country Living and Homes & Gardens. Awarded the Garden Journalist of the Year accolade at the Property Press Awards in 2021, she’s co-author of The Repair Shop: Life in The Barn (2022),  The Repair Shop: Crafts in the Barn (2023) and is about to start work on a third ‘Repair Shop’ book for 2024.