Wealden Times | WT183 | May 2017 | Restoration & New Build supplement inside
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Previous pages: The sitting room is mostly used in winter, when the fire is lit. Original Anaglypta lines the ceiling<br />
Above: The kitchen. The cricket ball lamp-base was from Tobias and the Angel, made by Angel’s brother Shaun. The<br />
ostrich egg was brought back from South Africa – one of Trudi and Guy’s favourite places<br />
There’s something about this time of year that not<br />
only inspires a good spring clean but also prompts<br />
many of us to have a serious ‘de-clutter’. Is there<br />
anything as cathartic as attacking an area of the house that<br />
has been taunting you for months, joyously separating items<br />
into ‘bin’, ‘charity shop’ or ‘eBay’. Even if you don’t enjoy<br />
the process, once it’s all done and you can admire your<br />
efforts, it’s hard not to feel the stress melting away. But,<br />
there are still some things you have to keep whether you like<br />
it or not... We need a place for everything and then, as the<br />
expression goes, we can put everything in its place. Ideally.<br />
The reality, for most of us, is that after a few days<br />
things start to creep back to their old resting places...<br />
The solution? Take a leaf out of Trudi Savin’s book, and<br />
have a decorative box file for everything. As we sit in her<br />
kitchen I am free to admire various well-chosen artifacts and<br />
design features, free from the distraction of household bills,<br />
catalogues, Bic biros, letters and all the other detritus that <br />
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