Surrey Homes | SH16 | February 2016 | Wedding supplement inside

Above: The living room has bare floorboards, blackboard paint on the chimney breast and, on closer inspection, brown wrapping paper on the walls
– a surprisingly effective look
a giant representation of a Royal Mail stamp, made from
buttons sewn on to cloth, which hangs over the fireplace.
It is another reminder of Jilly’s art-world connections
and was made by the artist Ann Carrington, one of the
‘YBA’ who became well known at the same time as Damien
Hirst, the Chapman Brothers and Tracey Emin. There is
another Ann Carrington original, this time of a Union
Jack, over the bedstead in one of the guest bedrooms.
Each bedroom has a very different feel, though none
of them is named or numbered, thus keeping a sense of
homeliness – and avoiding hints at the building’s former
life as a rather unpleasant boarding house. Despite
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