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Sissinghurst Flowers made with love Weddings Life Events Courses www.sissinghurstflowers.co.uk Telephone: 01580 852144 / 07977 142447 GrahamClarkeWT178.indd 1 18/11/2016 MadeWithLoveWT178.indd 09:47 1 14/11/2016 11:33 traditional handmade furniture Kitchens Bedrooms Studies Showroom: 78 London Road, Southborough Tunbridge Wells, Kent. TN4 0PP Tel: 01892 533273 Web: Woodworkkitchens.co.uk wealdentimes.co.uk 64 WoodworkWT178.indd 1 10/11/2016 14:32
Previous page: The painting over the woodburner is by Oskar Barblain Above left: The wallpaper in the porch is Louise’s design Grapevine, from the Paper Tiles collection Above right: The foldaway table belonged to her grandfather Beautifully arranged, select items, dot the surfaces. What looks like a cylindrical copper vase is in fact a shell case, saved and polished by her grandfather Peter after the war. And this is not the only copper-coloured decoration; elsewhere there is a large copper vase, a partially coppered vase... and in the living area next door, the entire fireplace has been gilded, with the same warm metallic hue. I was unaware that you could buy copper leaf, I remark. “Yup, you can buy copper leaf, just like gold leaf,” says Louise. “It’s really easy to use - but then you just want to copper leaf everything!” she adds. Louise was clearly ahead of the trend for copper homewares. On the wall, gilded sconces add a classical, rather than retro tone and tie in with the original plasterwork on the ceiling: “The sconces were from Butler’s Emporium on George Street, then my friend Philip Oakley re-wired them for me,” says Louise. Beside the dining-room table are two simple, 1950s style chairs including an Ercol chair which Louise bought on eBay and had covered with her own fabric. Looking through to the living room area, at the front of the house, I catch a glimpse of the copper-painted fireplace. That, and the smell of scented candles, is enough to tempt me through, to sit on the plush, shagpile rug and admire the room. It’s hard not to immediately start looking for Louise’s handiwork, although it’s not always immediately obvious what is her work and what has been created by talented friends and family. By the fireplace is a huge standard lamp and next to it, a lower table-style lamp. The latter’s shade features a design with echoes of Aubrey Beardsley... but is in fact a design that Louise sold at Liberty, called ‘Erotica’. Perhaps Aubrey did have some influence? The other, a pretty design featuring ferns, leaves and flowers, is more modestly titled ‘Autumn Leaves’. “The ferns and flowers were ones I found in a sketchbook of my grandmother’s about 15 years after she died. So I literally just put them on to a silk screen and exposed the screen.” Opposite the fireplace, and overlooking a huge sofa scattered with plump cushions covered in vintage fabric, is another of Louise’s murals, this time called ‘Poppy Tree’. It’s a suitably dramatic backdrop for a 1960s Scandinavian Troeds sideboard, bought on eBay by Louise and topped with a spaceage lamp from Snooper’s Paradise in Brighton. A spindly, spiky Dracaena plant, which stands where the dividing wall used to be, adds a touch of 70s kitsch to this light and airy living area. The 70s flavour is repeated as we continue the tour upstairs, passing a print of a Swiss Cheese plant, with Louise’s signature in the corner... before arriving on the landing. The landing not only links the upstairs bedrooms, 65 wealdentimes.co.uk
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PRICELESS December 2016 Wealden Tim
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