Surrey Homes | SH55 | May 2019 | Extensions & Outdoor Living supplement inside

Above: A guest bedroom features a padded and buttoned pink velvet headboard
against a wall of deco wallpaper, which gives it a bit of a Biba air
house, the first room you come to – the sitting room –
continues the sophisticated feel, with feature bookcases
painted a striking teal (or possibly Air Force blue…)
with a sleek cocktail chair and ottoman from Made.
com in the same colour velvet. Another painting
by Marijke Hoekstra hangs over the fireplace.
“I lived next to her when I was a student,” says Owner
One. “I loved her work, but I couldn’t afford to buy
one, so when I inherited some money from my parents
I thought it would be a lovely way to spend it.”
We walk back through the bright yellow hall – “This
is a chill out zone” – and into the library where there
are two particularly striking high-backed wooden
armchairs, next to the Kelly-green tiled fireplace, which
came from the home of Owner One’s late parents.
On the wall – next to a bookcase full of children’s books
– is a display of Arthur Rackham’s iconic illustrations
from Owner Two’s childhood, the rows of simple frames
all lined up perfectly. “We had a professional picture
framer hang all the pictures in the whole house for
£500. We never could have put all these up straight.”
Upstairs, another family heirloom is the statement piece
in the really extraordinary Master Bedroom. The room
is truly huge – the perfect proportions for the splendid
17th century armoire that came from her parents’ house.
So right does it look in the room: “When my brother
visited and he saw it in here, he said ‘It’s home now…’”
And is that where the beautiful four-poster frame bed
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