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Wealden Times | WT213 | November 2019 | Gift supplement inside

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This page: For the master bedroom, Kate has chosen wallpaper<br />

in a large scale jungle design, ‘Adam’s Eden’ by Lewis and Wood.<br />

A mini landing on the first floor was created between two walls,<br />

with balcony-style railings that look down to the ground floor –<br />

a reminder that the house was once separate properties<br />

and Wood. “I’ve suggested it to several clients, but none<br />

of them felt up to it, so this was my chance to use it.”<br />

Far from being ‘busy’ for a bedroom, it creates a cocooning<br />

atmosphere, like a bedroom hidden in a rainforest, the<br />

tropical mood enhanced by a splendid rattan chair Kate<br />

spotted 10 years ago outside an antique shop. “I was driving<br />

by when I saw it; I reversed, parked and bought it for £25.”<br />

On from the bedroom is the adjacent shower room<br />

with elegant fittings from West One Bathrooms and<br />

narrow oblong tiles – not the overdone subway tile –<br />

from Topps, the finishing glamorous top, some very<br />

nice twin wall lights from Holloways of Ludlow.<br />

The rest of the first floor is taken up with Kate’s<br />

office and two beautifully appointed guest rooms and<br />

a bathroom that pleasingly twins the shower room, but<br />

with pale pink tiles which give it a 1950s mood.<br />

The guest wing has the feel of a boutique hotel and I can<br />

see why Kate has London friends queueing for a ‘reservation’<br />

for summer breaks – and also for winter snuggle-ins.<br />

The main sitting room – there is also a lovely smaller<br />

room, walled with 18th century panelling from another <br />

67 wealdentimes.co.uk

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