Wealden Times | WT199 | September 2018 | Education supplement inside

This page: Sassy saves space by displaying beautiful items
which are usually stowed away; bags are hung on door
handles and jewellery is set out on a Georgian writing desk
waste.” There’s some more of her icon works, this time
embellished crucifixes in soft pink and blues with sparkly
silver and gold detail – Sassy’s favourite palette. Sassy has
the crosses made by a local carpenter and then paints and
embellishes them to make each one a unique piece of art.
A turquoise Casa Pupo lamp sits on a little table,
again upcycled, this one with glittery long-tailed birds.
Even the door handle is made decorative with vintage
handbags slung over it. “That’s because there’s no storage in
this place,” laughs Sassy. “I have to use every available space
to store things. I hang jewellery on walls and bags off door
handles. But I like that because if I love wearing a piece of
jewellery why wouldn’t I enjoy seeing it on display too?”
On another family heirloom, a Georgian writing
desk, is an array of antique silver dishes, mostly picked
up from charity or junk shops, displaying more piles
of rings and necklaces. “I enjoy seeing them all the
time, and they catch the light beautifully,” says Sassy.
Sitting next to the bowls is a fantastic art
nouveau silver hand mirror decorated with angels
and flowers. Amazingly, Sassy picked this up for a
song at a charity shop. “It’s a bit battered, but for
me that makes it even more lovely,” she says.
What looks to be a punky style spiky vase is an
old perfume bottle wearing one of Sassy’s bracelets.
On the wall above are more framed family photos,
including one of Sassy’s very handsome son Ossian,