Wealden Times | WT174 | August 2016 | Wedding supplement inside
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Top: The master bedroom has magnificent views over<br />
Hastings Old Town and the sea, all the way to Beachy<br />
Head. The chaise longue is from Graham & Green and<br />
the mannequin was another find at Retrouvius Left:<br />
There is an equally lovely view from the bath - over a<br />
planted sedum flat roof and their neighbour’s beautiful<br />
garden, up to Hastings Country Park. The bathroom<br />
fittings are from CP Hart<br />
Last but not least, is the attic, more of a romantic<br />
lofty garret. The bathroom up here, Ginny admits<br />
happily, is a copy of an LA bathroom she saw in one of<br />
Remodelista’s books, while the spare room is a testament<br />
to the invisible aura one can feel in a building: “There’s<br />
a slightly spooky story with this room. We took off<br />
layers and layers of paint, before discovering the same<br />
Churlish Green that we already picked for this room.”<br />
Ginny left the rough, exposed paintwork on the<br />
chimney breast, to act as a feature. Alongside and on<br />
the landing outside are striking ‘industrial’ photographs.<br />
“They’re by American photographer Robert Gumpert,<br />
who usually takes more gritty black and white shots of,<br />
say, homeless men in San Francisco,” says Ginny. “This<br />
is very decorative for him.”<br />
In the corner of the spare room, the little bird<br />
disappears into the wall. Our house safari is almost over.<br />
One last room, Ginny’s writing room, is filled with<br />
storage boxes, and yet to be finished. It’s painted in a<br />
dark, moody blue, chosen to be the perfect background<br />
for more of her artworks. “It’s odd to think that one day<br />
we might say ‘Oh, it’s finished now’,” says Ginny.<br />
This house is still very much a work-in-progress but,<br />
with two such creative personalities as its owners, it’s<br />
hard to imagine it turning out to be anything other<br />
than a masterpiece.<br />
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