Wealden Times | WT192 | February 2018 | Wedding supplement inside

This page: The kitchen’s bi-fold doors open out into the courtyard
garden. Caroline sourced the metal kitchen table from eBay
time for the family to settle in. “It was harder than I expected,
to start with. It’s been challenging making new friends and
building a network if, say, you need help, or someone to
watch the kids and have no-one around you.” More than a
year later, it’s as if they have lived here for years: “Tilly has
settled in brilliantly now and Oscar is at the same school, just
across the road. So, we got there in the end and I have met
loads of people through the children and various events.”
Inside the home, it is clear that Caroline has more than
settled in. A comfortable and seemingly effortless style
throughout makes it a very homely place to be: “It mainly
needed cosmetic work – we haven’t knocked down any walls.
I’ve always had a love of decoration and DIY, and I love
transforming spaces just with paint.” Various greys and dark
blues link the rooms, though few colours are identical. The
only colour that runs through the house is Railings – a ‘soft
black with blue undertones’ with which Caroline has painted
every fireplace as well as the bannisters and balustrade of the
stairwell. “I love the colours that Farrow & Ball do but I often
use Valspar’s colour match service too,” Caroline admits.
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