Wealden Times | WT184 | June 2017 | Kitchen & Bathroom supplement inside

This page: Outside the garden is separated into two
areas – a private garden for Diane and Ian and a more
formal, courtyard-style garden for the guests. Privacy has
been ensured with evergreen shrubs and topiary
the guests have their privacy. Except at breakfast time.”
Breakfast at The Stores is a performance – literally.
Not only is there a wonderful choice of food, which Ian
prepares (and William Morris would have approved of the
line of highly decorative, and useful, egg beaters on display
above the cooker), but Diane makes a huge effort and even
dresses up for breakfast, wearing a charming polka dot dress
and an apron, “It makes me feel the part, like I’m in The
Little Paris Kitchen. Ian does a fantastic cooked breakfast
and I serve the guests.” This is a warm and witty touch
(but perhaps everyone in Paris dresses for breakfast?) and
another sign of Diane’s careful attention to detail.
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