Wealden Times | WT213 | November 2019 | Gift supplement inside
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Above: In a guest room in the older side of the house, the<br />
ceiling beams are complemented by a built-in wooden<br />
bed – an idea which evolved after a family trip to India<br />
Right: Ally has painted one bathroom, with a claw-foot<br />
bath right in front of the window, a lovely pale blue<br />
owned, she can see what scope there is for additions.<br />
“I relocated an L-shaped sofa to the snug next door<br />
and replaced it with a more classic one covered with<br />
a striped fabric by Penny Morrison.” She opens the<br />
door, so I can see into the snug, in use as a telly room,<br />
saying, “I’ll get my hands on this one day…”<br />
Her goal for the drawing room was for it not to<br />
look as if it had been ‘designed’ but more as though<br />
it had developed organically over time – reflecting<br />
the atmosphere of the house. “I didn’t want it to<br />
look as though it had all come from one shop.”<br />
Nothing in the room matches and there is a combination<br />
of colours and patterns – blue, red, brown, green, paisley,<br />
stripe, ethnic, damask – which sounds improbable,<br />
but all works together in situ. “Once you get the floor<br />
plan right you can get away with murder,” says Ally.<br />
One of the themes that pulls it together is a masterful and<br />
subtle use of symmetry. Two slipper chairs, upholstered in<br />
blue and white Indian throws, face each other across the <br />
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