Surrey Homes | SH31 | May 2017 |Restoration & New Build supplement inside
The lifestyle magazine for Surrey - Inspirational Interiors, Fabulous Fashion, Delicious Dishes
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Above: The quilt in the master bedroom is made from squares<br />
of fabric that Trudi printed by hand. On a bedside table, a<br />
decoupage jar has been turned into a table lamp<br />
just have to tell ourselves to slow down!” laughs Trudi.<br />
As the treasure hunt continues upstairs, I feel that my<br />
senses are becoming more alert to Trudi’s handiwork. We<br />
peak into the bathroom, which the couple re-did two years<br />
ago and I immediately spot another gorgeous ‘decoupage’<br />
jar, with a marine theme, on top of the bathroom cabinet.<br />
The glass cabinet doors have also had a similar treatment,<br />
with gold and silver leaf: “I just wanted to lift it a bit. It<br />
gives it a bit of a shimmer, without being a solid colour,”<br />
says Trudi, who has hung glass fragments in the window<br />
and created a mock aquarium using salvaged glass,<br />
crystal and a little hand-made wire and pebble fish.<br />
We have a brief look in Daisy’s room, where wonderful<br />
‘work in progress’ Manga cartoons are scattered over<br />
her desk and a quilt, made by Trudi from pieces of<br />
Guy’s old shirt-fabric, decorates the bed. Daisy is<br />
studying art and design at a nearby college but also<br />
helps her mother with their printing projects: “Sophie<br />
creates the designs, then Daisy cuts the lino for us.”<br />
In the master bedroom, the first thing you notice is<br />
another wonderful quilt: “That’s made from squares of<br />
block-printed fabric, from the days when I was block<br />
printing,” says Trudi. “It was just a way of using them up,<br />
really. The velvet all came from Penny’s house – I just don’t<br />
like throwing things away!” Another gorgeous decoupage<br />
jar sits on top of a bedside chest of drawers while jewellery<br />
hung from hooks and mirrors on one wall, creates a<br />
display of its own. It’s a beautiful room, on the sunny side<br />
of the house – and yet there is just one more room I<br />
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