Surrey Homes | SH61 | November 2019 | Gift supplement inside
The lifestyle magazine for Surrey - Inspirational Interiors, Fabulous Fashion, Delicious Dishes
The lifestyle magazine for Surrey - Inspirational Interiors, Fabulous Fashion, Delicious Dishes
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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 />
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 />
property in which Kate has a telly den – invites you <br />
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