Wealden Times | WT197 | July 2018 | Interiors supplement inside
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This page: The front door<br />
opens into the kitchen. The<br />
units are from Jewsons and<br />
the encaustic tiles are from<br />
Encaustic Tiles Ltd<br />
waxed to intensify the colour and protect the paint.<br />
Downstairs, the living room/office and kitchen/dining<br />
room are open plan and engineered oak flooring has been<br />
laid throughout for uniformity. Both rooms have windows<br />
to the front and rear, so light floods in most of the day.<br />
“When I first arrived, the main room was already knocked<br />
through, so I didn’t have to do any major structural work.”<br />
The majority of the building work on the ground floor was<br />
focused on creating the spacious kitchen diner. The small<br />
downstairs bathroom was ripped out to make way for the<br />
dining area and a skylight fitted to introduce yet more light.<br />
Slate grey kitchen units from Jewsons were cleverly<br />
customised by Melanie’s uncle and their modern, no-nonsense<br />
utilitarian feel is softened by quartz sandstone worktops.<br />
“The quartz adds a bit of sparkle and glamour,” she<br />
says. Her signature pop of pattern is present in the form of<br />
Moroccan jewel-coloured encaustic tiles sourced in London.<br />
“I laid them out like a patchwork quilt and I love the<br />
fact that they introduce a riot of colour to the kitchen.”<br />
A vintage painted cupboard houses her collection of<br />
glass and crockery and a Georgian folding leaf dining<br />
table purchased in Somerset is positioned by the window<br />
that overlooks the front garden. Next door, although the<br />
living room and combined office is long and narrow, <br />
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