Wealden Times | WT179 | January 2017 | Health & Beauty supplement inside

Above: One wall of son Finn’s bedroom is papered with a world map and hung with favourite album covers
owners had covered these iconic windows with secondary
glazing but despite the inevitable heat loss the Warings felt
duty bound to return them to their original splendour and
beautiful heavy-duty velvet and linen curtains keep in the
warm on cold nights. Because it’s a north-facing room the
walls are painted in Fired Earth’s Ambergris, a warm earthy
tone, which sets off the cool marble fireplace. Annie loves
the fact that there are really deep windowsills throughout the
house, a great opportunity to display her prized collection
of jugs, plates and assorted ceramics. These vary from oneoff
unique treasures, through pocket money purchased
presents from her children and a few of her own pieces.
One end of the room looks a little different. With shelves
filled with books and vinyl and a funky Philippe Starck
Perspex chair and desk, this is definitely Geoff’s space.
On the walls are some striking black and white photos – a
small part of his large collection amassed over the years.
Annie has her space, too. Having switched her creative
energy from ceramics to oil painting when the children were
young, she now spends a great deal of time in a north-facing
studio – a fairly recent addition – just off the sitting room.
This is where she creates the still life oil paintings in mainly
earthy tones for which she has become justifiably acclaimed.
However, for cosy winter evenings they are more likely to
be found in the family room, originally the dining room, at
the other end of the house – always toasty warm thanks to
a newly installed wood burner. When they moved in there
were two things Annie wanted in their new home: parquet
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