Surrey Homes | SH15 | January 2016 | Health & Beauty supplement inside

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