Wealden Times | WT183 | May 2017 | Restoration & New Build supplement inside

Above: The quilt in the master bedroom is made from squares
of fabric that Trudi printed by hand. On a bedside table, a
decoupage jar has been turned into a table lamp
just have to tell ourselves to slow down!” laughs Trudi.
As the treasure hunt continues upstairs, I feel that my
senses are becoming more alert to Trudi’s handiwork. We
peak into the bathroom, which the couple re-did two years
ago and I immediately spot another gorgeous ‘decoupage’
jar, with a marine theme, on top of the bathroom cabinet.
The glass cabinet doors have also had a similar treatment,
with gold and silver leaf: “I just wanted to lift it a bit. It
gives it a bit of a shimmer, without being a solid colour,”
says Trudi, who has hung glass fragments in the window
and created a mock aquarium using salvaged glass,
crystal and a little hand-made wire and pebble fish.
We have a brief look in Daisy’s room, where wonderful
‘work in progress’ Manga cartoons are scattered over
her desk and a quilt, made by Trudi from pieces of
Guy’s old shirt-fabric, decorates the bed. Daisy is
studying art and design at a nearby college but also
helps her mother with their printing projects: “Sophie
creates the designs, then Daisy cuts the lino for us.”
In the master bedroom, the first thing you notice is
another wonderful quilt: “That’s made from squares of
block-printed fabric, from the days when I was block
printing,” says Trudi. “It was just a way of using them up,
really. The velvet all came from Penny’s house – I just don’t
like throwing things away!” Another gorgeous decoupage
jar sits on top of a bedside chest of drawers while jewellery
hung from hooks and mirrors on one wall, creates a
display of its own. It’s a beautiful room, on the sunny side
of the house – and yet there is just one more room I
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