Wealden Times | WT180 | February 2017 | Wedding supplement inside

Previous page, top left & right: The master bedroom and en suite Above left: A guest bedroom features accents of robin’s egg blue
Above right: A guest bathroom
walls are painted in F&B’s Skimming Stone and lilac print
curtains frame the windows. The bed with its giant linen
headboard is a mountain of soft white linen topped with devore
cushions of a smart, geometric pattern. Either side of the bed,
mercury glass prints hang above crystal shaded lamps that stand
on charcoal grey bedside tables with white china drop handles.
There is a chest of drawers of the same design as the
bedside tables and when I remark on how well the dark
grey works in the room, Murielle is quick to tell me that
far from being designer furniture, they came from IKEA.
The limestone tiled bathroom has a row of mirrored
cupboards, with a useful alcove shelf beneath, twin basins, and
a huge walk-in shower. There is a dainty octagonal Lloyd Loom
linen basket that doubles as a stool, and beneath a circular
framed mirror, an ivory-coloured dressing table and stool.
Further along the landing in the first guest room the walls
are also painted with Skimming Stone, but here the colour
looks more of a cool grey and the accents are in robin’s egg blue.
A chest of drawers displays a collection of Art Deco perfume
bottles and a glass bonbon jar holds a clutch of speckled
robin’s eggs. On the wall above is a Chinese ink painting of
horses in mid gallop and either side of the bed, turquoise
Chinese moonflasks stand on top of the white bedside tables.
In the second guest room, F&B’s James White covers the
walls. Honeysuckle print curtains, limed wood furniture
from The Vintage Home Company in Westerham and
delicate drawings and paintings of landscapes and woodland
animals convey a distinct sense of the outdoors in spring.
Another watercolour painting of a weeping willow executed
by a good friend of Murielle’s and a vase of faux mimosa
adds to the fresh feel. Despite all the leaf greens and pale
yellows though, the room has a warm, cosy feel, perhaps
in part because of the faux fur throw and cushions on the
bed and the thick woollen carpet underfoot. “My daughter
Victoria’s children love to stay here,” says Murielle. “We’ve
kept some toys and books on the shelves for them, but they
also just love to look at all the pictures of the animals.”
The family bathroom next door has been painted in F&B’s
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