Wealden Times | WT188 | October 2017 | Kitchen & Bathroom supplement inside

Above: Collections of framed butterflies and portraits line the bare brick wall in the master bedroom. The quilt was handmade locally
mats. There’s an impressive matching Habitat lamp above the
table. I admire the ceramic tiles above the cooker, from Casa
Pupo, “which,” Sue says, “have moved around the house, only
finding a home in the kitchen four years ago.” She loves to find
a bargain too, showing me an unusual, streamlined (almost
Brancusi-esque) kettle that she found in a jumble sale for 10p.
The window by the kitchen table looks out onto the welltended
and still colourful garden; the bird feeders are busy
with birds and there’s much chirping in the surrounding
bushes. There was no garden when they moved here; “It
was just grass, so we made the garden from scratch really,”
says Sue. “In fact we’ve probably done more work outside
than in the house; putting in shrubs and trees – plants
that will attract birds and wildlife.” It is now a far
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