Wealden Times | WT213 | November 2019 | Gift supplement inside

Above: At the top of the house one of the bedrooms was updated with an African theme. Walls are painted in
Farrow & Ball’s warm fawn Mouse’s Back, the padded headboard is in an Andrew Martin striped fabric, and
mismatching chests of drawers on either side of the bed provide storage and essential bedside table space
out of the window over the beautiful countryside.
From here we head off on another in-house expedition,
taking the second staircase down to the master bedroom
suite, which is located in the Georgian wing of the
house. This has a completely different feeling from
the beamy side – with airy proportions and light
pouring in through classic 12-pane windows.
The double-aspect master bedroom, with a very pretty
dressing table that looks out over the view, is Ally’s next
commission – to be finished by Christmas. Her starting point
for this room, she tells me, is the beautiful paisley shawl that’s
lying across the bed.
“My brief is to create a bedroom you dream of
coming home to so I will start with the floor plan,
moving some of the furniture around…”
A door from the bedroom takes us through to the
bathroom, which Ally has already completed in a lovely
pale blue, with double basins and a claw-foot bath
right in front of the window. From here another door
leads through to the dressing room/study belonging
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