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

Above left: Jules bought the drinks cabinet when they lived in Singapore Above right: Metal pendant lights, grouped above the dining table,
are from Dwell
Many rooms feature pretty lampshades, that Jules makes herself using Haines
Collection fabrics – and the kits she sells on the website. When people can meet
more easily, she will resume her workshops showing people how to make them
in details such as the fabric-cutting table she made for her
workroom, by putting a board on top of a chest of drawers
(British Heart Foundation furniture shop) and the high stool,
the perfect height to sit at it (Facebook Marketplace) – I
start to see that the chase and finding of such re-purposing
solutions is a big part of the fun of decorating for her.
And Tunbridge Wells, with its wealth of excellent
charity shops – particularly in the central neighbourhood
behind the Royal Victoria shopping centre, where the
house is located – is the perfect place to do it.
Jules and Ollie made the move there, out from Balham
three years ago, when their son and daughter were still
small and like so many house-finding stories we hear
for these articles, there seemed to be an element of
serendipity in it. “The kids were tiny – 6 months and
2 years old – when I came down to look at houses.
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