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

This page: The kitchen leads off the hall. Originally a network
of tiny rooms, the internal walls were all taken away and, with
the addition of a single storey extension, the Warings have
created a fabulous big room that really does feel like the heart of
the home
wander down the road past the Georgian rectory, the Victorian
villa and the rustic country cottage until you come to the Arts
and Crafts house and that is where the Warings now live.
The previous owners had been in the house for over
thirty years and, having evidently done a lot at the start,
but very little since, it was a temple to 1970s design –
avocado bathrooms, swirly carpets, floral wallpaper and
depressingly dark woodwork. But Geoff and Annie had a
history of taking on major projects and with their combined
artistic talent they have created an incredibly stylish, light
and contemporary family home but one that still pays
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