Wealden Times | WT167 | January 2016 | Health & Beauty supplement inside
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Above: It’s clear from the layout of all of the rooms, including those of the children, that there is a designer’s influence at work. Here, two playful gingham<br />
lampshades and classic bedside tables add symmetry and order to the space, while not being overly formal<br />
and elegant office. Kate is Head of Strategy for the<br />
NSPCC and takes one day off from her desk in London<br />
to work from home. “It’s a bit over-kill for one day’s use<br />
a week but it is a really nice place to work,” she says.<br />
The centrepiece is a stylish white-topped, oak-legged<br />
desk which once served as Kate and Jason’s kitchen table.<br />
The white bookshelves that cover one wall came from<br />
Ikea and a swish grey sofa that looks as if it should have<br />
cost considerably more was bought from Homesense<br />
for just £100. My favourite piece, however is a million<br />
dollar white leather rocking chair from Habitat.<br />
Upstairs, past a Habitat tripod standard lamp standing<br />
sentry on the landing, is the the master bedroom<br />
fashioned, along with its bathroom and dressing<br />
room, from a number of smaller rooms. The oak bed<br />
is Habitat and, beside it, an Anthropologie flamingo<br />
head sticks out of the wall. One half expects to find the<br />
rear end protruding into the bedroom next door.<br />
Amber’s room, like virtually all the rooms in the house,<br />
is ‘just white’. Hiding behind the door is an old school<br />
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