Surrey Homes | SH50 | December 2018 | Health & Beauty supplement inside

Above: Looking from the hallway into the main bedroom.
The ottoman is from made.com Left: The portrait of Sioux
Chief Sitting Bull is from desenio.co.uk
Loma Beach House is plenty big enough too, for the
whole family to stay in without a problem. There are five
bedrooms; four doubles and one ‘von Trapp’ style room
for the children, complete with three cabin-style bunk
beds, each with its own lamp and locker. The beds have
been constructed in a charming utilitarian style out of
OSB (like chipboard but with bigger flakes of wood).
The OSB is used throughout the building as a key
construction material and brings a rough woody warmth
to the open plan interior, contrasting perfectly with the
industrial look of the slate grey finish on the walls. For
this they used a material imported from America called
Ardex. It’s a moody looking undercoat finish - a bit like
Tadelakt, that brings a textured feel with added depth.
Darker walls bring intimacy and sense of enclosure
to the larger zones and spaces, but Gigi enjoys using
these ‘hiding’ colours in smaller areas too. One of
the downstairs bedrooms is clad with panels and
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