Wealden Times | WT174 | August 2016 | Wedding supplement inside

Above: The basement ‘loft’ apartment also has it own kitchen
area Right: The funky tiles in the guest cloakroom are by Lubna
Chowdhary. The vintage mirror with an integral lamp is from
AG Hendy & Co, providing illumination to read the books on
the shelf behind the loo
practical room, with one painted cupboard - with birds, of
course - adding a creative flourish.
En route we pass another of Ginny’s favourite rooms and a
tiny one at that: a compact, beautifully designed loo with walls
painted in a moody purple-grey and funky patterned tiles.
Bookshelves tucked behind the loo itself offer plenty of reading
options while those more fascinated by the tiles, will love the
little lamp (from AG Hendy & Co)) that protrudes in a slightly
ghostly way, from the antique vanity mirror.
Tip-tapping along the landing to the front of the house, we
approach what Ginny refers to as ‘The Princess Suite’ of master
bedroom, walk-through dressing room and divine bathroom.
The bedroom is blessed with four tall windows, looking out
across the Old Town towards the sea, with Beachy Head in the
distance, and is modestly decorated with a turquoise velvet
chaise from Graham & Green, a mannequin from Retrouvius
and a muted wallpaper behind the bedstead, by Farrow & Ball.
“Look over here,” says Ginny, pointing through the dressing
room and into the en suite bathroom. “This is the view you
have to see!”
Paint shades co-ordinate perfectly, from the cool grey
bedroom, through the olive green dressing room and into
the dusky pink bathroom. Beyond this there is a ‘green roof’.
“This is our sedum roof. It’s only just been done and the yellow
flowers are coming out. Eventually it will be a meadow of
colours; reds, blues and yellows.”
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