Surrey Homes | SH21 | July 2016 | Interiors supplement inside

Above: The cottage is deceptively spacious, thanks to the sense of ‘flow’
around the stairway and light-filled landing, on to which all rooms seem to
face Right: A view through to the master bedroom and en suite bathroom
lamp and across the room on an ancient four-legged chest
is an elegant polished nickel Porto Romana Organic Loop
lamp. Above the chest is another Tony Foster, this time of
ice-skaters. “We used the original in a chalet but really liked
it and so we asked Tony to paint us a copy,” says Martine.
Beneath the chest is a large leather turtle and beside it a
small leather hippo, both from Omersa and both escaped
from chalet orders. They’re kept company by another
escapee on the other side of the room – a very large giraffe
covered in a Design Forum colour swatch fabric called
Kaleidoscope.
Here the dark beams have been painted white and oak
panelling covers the walls each side of the chimney breast.
Elsewhere the walls are Design Forum fabric as are the
white herringbone 100% linen curtains. The ‘coffee table’
One’s first impression of the master bedroom
is that it seems a little muted after the fabricfest
downstairs – and that’s exactly what
Martine intended
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