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

This page: The concrete-effect walls of
the downstairs bathroom are softened
by old French wooden shutters. The
shower enclosure is clad in galvanised steel
Bottom: In the en suite bathroom, the
brass fish is from CB2 cb2.com
bathroom shop you have to get all
the plumbing accessories and make
sure they fit, find the legs to get it to
the right height, design the taps.”
These are useful tips for a trigger
happy eBay-er. “Luckily we have a
great plumber to make it all work.”
Outside in the hall it is all faintly
‘school cloakroom’. A lengthy coat
rack, sourced in Rye, but originally
from a school changing room, exactly
fits along the wall opposite the
bathroom, affording plenty of space
for hanging coats, hats and, in the
summer, a long row of beach towels.
The floor at ground level is polished
concrete, liberally scattered with
cowhide rugs. This finish makes
cleaning fairly straightforward.
“It’s a beach house, we want to
keep the industrial Scandinavian
style,” she says, “but we get a lot
of sand. It gets in all the cracks, so
you need easy zones that are easy to
sweep. It suits a minimalist style.”
A kitchen is not an easy place to be
minimalist, but this one is of such a
generous size, with a chunky old work
bench, found in the original garage,
up-cycled into a kitchen counter, a
huge table made from scaffolding
planks and giant metal racking for all
the cooking and dining equipment.
It all looks purposeful and able to
generously cater. Much of the time,
however, the cooking is done out
on the deck in the pizza oven.
The couple firmly believe in
repurposing and renewing. “We
try to be eco-friendly,” Gigi says.
“It’s a respectful way to live.
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