Wealden Times | WT191 | January 2018 | Interiors supplement inside

Above left: A herringbone of oak, stained to match the kitchen floor tiles, subtly indicates the change from kitchen space to living
room and bedroom Above right: What appear to be quarried limestone floor tiles are actually porcelain – very functional, with none
of limestone’s disadvantages
prevent any potential clutter. There is a wall at the end of the
bed with storage behind that also serves to make a partitioned
dressing area. Caroline even has a ‘pop up’ dressing table
with a mirror that folds cleanly down into a base unit.
The streamlined look is partly down to the fact that all
the practical, fiddly details have been incorporated into
the design – electric points are recessed and there are no
radiators to worry about, because all the warmth comes
from underfloor heating. The lights – well, the lights are
the exception and have become works of art or design
classics, so serve as focal points as much as anything else.
The bathrooms in particular have excellent lighting. “All
my adult life I’ve wanted an electric shaving mirror,” says
Mike “and now we have two!” And (how luxurious is this?)
the mirrors are also heated so that they don’t steam up. On
the panel above the bed there is a pair of slinky and iconic
Serge Mouille lights from the 1950s, but the most dramatic
and alluring light of all has become the central feature
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