Wealden Times | WT164 | October 2015 | Food supplement inside

This page: The two bedrooms are two more cool white and bright spaces,
colour and warmth added by Linda’s choice of lovely bedspreads
“It was exactly what we were looking
for,” says Linda. “It’s in the heart
of the Old Town but hidden up a
little passage so it’s lovely and quiet
even in the height of summer.”
didn’t need all the kitchen storage of a home kitchen,”
she says. Cost was a consideration and so the old pine
surfaces were given a new lease of life with a coat or two
of Farrow & Ball black floor paint and now, set off with
a couple of black glass chopping boards, look a million
dollars. The units, again originally pine, are now grey.
On the wall, is a clever French find that has allowed
Linda to indulge in her passion of displaying every-day
objects. During one of her visits, she saw an old pair of
cupboard doors backed with chicken wire. She didn’t
know what she’d ever do with them but they just looked
as if they had possibilities. What she has done here with
one is to use it to hang a collection of matching stainless
steel kitchen utensils on elegant chrome double hooks.
The bathroom, off the kitchen, is a mini triumph.
At first sight, it must have looked big enough only
for a shower but it has proven a tiled Tardis. Linda
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