Wealden Times | WT178 | December 2016 | Interiors supplement inside

Left and below: Daughter Marney’s room. The picture over
the desk was a birthday gift from a friend. The perspex ‘illusion
table’ by the bed is by Essey and was bought online ten years
ago. The cushions on the bed are Louise’s designs. The print of
The Tiger Who Came to Tea was free in The Times and Louise
had it framed
A perfect example of this can be seen in the master
bedroom, which features one of Louise’s latest designs
behind the bedstead: seemingly misaligned rolls of
wallpaper featuring colourful splodges of paint. “It was
meant to be a mural, and then I thought ‘actually, I quite
like not hanging it in sequential order’, so you get those
mismatched panels. They don’t join up, but I prefer it.”
The wallpaper is going to be a new line, which Louise is
working on at the moment: “It’s called ‘Miss Match’ and
I’m going to hand-finish it with metallic leaf.” Seeing it insitu,
in this high-ceilinged, period room brings it to life.
Tranquil tones proliferate in the main bedroom, starting
with the ‘Miss Match’ wall. Cushions covered in Louise’s
and vintage fabrics adorn the bed and she has worked her
magic on the little rendered fireplace at the foot of the bed,
lining it with her Buttercup Blue Tile wallpaper. On the
wall beside the bed hangs an ornate, gilded picture frame,
decorated with fairy lights but lacking a picture within: “It
had one of my ancestors in it,” says Louise. “It’s an amazing
picture, a pastel, I just don’t really like it. She’s in the junk