Wealden Times | WT201 | November 2018 | Gift supplement inside

This page from below left: The ‘wood panelling’ is
trompe l’oeil wallpaper. Annemarie buys antiques in
Hastings, Bexhill, Lewes – and from Icklesham boot
fair. She made the cushions on the sofa herself
Keeping things French, a Christian Lacroix
butterfly wallpaper runs the length of the
stairwell, from the top of the house to bottom,
the grey background upstairs, matched with hot
pink painted walls above the dado, transforming
to turquoise on the lower ground floor.
In the two first-floor bedrooms Annemarie
has created spaces in which every corner tells
a story. “I’ve just had a big change in my life,
so my bedroom has been painted pale grey,
like a new canvas. However, I could never
cover up my Vivienne Westwood wallpaper,
no matter what happens in my life.”
Annemarie gestures over to a wall covered
in the designer’s signature punk tartan fabric.
Indeed the whole house feels like somewhere that
Dame Vivienne would feel right at home, with its
blend of 50s nostalgia, flea shop mementoes and
found objects, discovered all over the world.
In both bedrooms there are cabinets of curiosities
– memories for Annemarie of her life. Glittery
platform shoes that she bought in Brighton and
little Russian dolls, tiny iconic statues of the Virgin
Mary and Frieda Kahlo style floral headpieces.
In the main bedroom is a series of pop art pieces
by Tiff McGinnis (grandedame.co.uk), a friend with
whom Annemarie co-owns her nearby beach hut.
Keeping the collaborative spirit alive, in her guest
room, decorated in wallpaper by Pip, a fabulously
kitsch Dutch brand, are two bed side tables and a
cabinet decorated with third eyes, made by her friend
Loulou Cousin another of the beach hut co-owners.
What is emerging as we walk around is a
home of collaborations and of sisterhood. A
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