Country Homes & Interiors

SIMPLE PLEASURE

Joanna and Simon Binder are known in their circle of friends as fantastic hosts. For Simon, who works in the restaurant business, and Joanna, who is the managing director of interior design firm Sims Hilditch, cooking and entertaining comes naturally. In 2010, the couple, who had enjoyed many weekends in the countryside around Bath, moved permanently to a cottage in a Wiltshire village. After renovating the cottage, building the new barn extension was the

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