Wealden Times | WT164 | October 2015 | Food supplement inside

Previous pages & this page: The downstairs space is now a living room and
kitchen with a small bathroom off the kitchen
Someone once said that one can never be too
rich, too thin – or have too much space in
which to express oneself. It may have been
me but no matter – it still has a certain element of
truth about it. When it comes to interior design,
the available space between any collection of walls
is critical, dictating both concept and execution.
If you’ve space by the barrel-load, you’re laughing.
Big spaces are not only generous in that they offer the
greatest possibilities, they are also forgiving – a near
miss here or a little indulgence there really doesn’t
matter, the grand design still triumphs. Smaller
spaces are a whole different ball game. They hoover
creativity and are about as forgiving as a rattlesnake.
So faced with a fisherman’s cottage in Hastings
offering what was effectively a grand total of four
modest rooms Linda had her work cut out. Her
treatment of her family’s main home, under an hour
away, had already been a serious success and the
property had featured in a previous issue of Wealden
Times (www.wealdentimes.co.uk/house/wt136a) but
this was an entirely different animal and called for
a completely different approach and skill set.
Linda is one of the Three French Hens, three
Francophile old school friends who have set up a
business sourcing brocante home and garden
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