Wealden Times | WT225 | Jan & Feb 2021| Education supplement inside

Above: A crisp white interlude between the sitting room and
kitchen space, the hallway is filled with light Right: Bonbon jars
and gold highlights on the gleaming white kitchen countertop
the vintage bar and much more, your attention is
grabbed by something even more extraordinary (and
that’s saying something in this space): the view.
From the bifold doors leading onto a deck on the south
side of the house is a panoramic sea view that could make
you think you are in the Hollywood Hills again – which
must make the open air cinema nights, which Cat hosts
in the garden in the summer months, something special.
Even the garden furniture, out on the raised deck,
is in her bold style. Two deep pink tropical leafbacked
chairs, by Italian outdoor furniture company
Urban Balcony, sit alongside a salmon pink bench
table, with a pink flamingo jug for good measure.
So much bolder and more fun than the average bland
garden furniture offering, I ask where Cat found them – and
she grins as she reveals her secret source: ‘HomeSense’.
This is the homewares specialist arm of TK Maxx
and her nearest branch is in the Fountains retail park,
Tunbridge Wells, just a quick zip up the A21 from home.
She’s such a regular in the store, the staff there greet
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