Wealden Times | WT258 | November 2023 | Christmas Gift Supplement inside
The lifestyle magazine for Kent & Sussex - Inspirational Interiors, Fabulous Fashion, Delicious Dishes
The lifestyle magazine for Kent & Sussex - Inspirational Interiors, Fabulous Fashion, Delicious Dishes
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Previous pages & above: The kitchen space doubles up as a darkroom. A beaded chandelier from The Wall Lighting Company – thewalllightingcompany.co.uk<br />
– is one of the few new items in the building. The wood throughout has been treated with Liberon antique pine wax to give a mellow patina<br />
It is a rare thing to go on a property<br />
restoration journey without a<br />
route map, to let the building off<br />
the lead and head into the unknown.<br />
Architects, building consultants and<br />
surveyors provide a plan of action, an<br />
idea of what the end result will look like,<br />
help with building regulations and give<br />
professional advice. When Mel Smith,<br />
photographer – and now, intrepid<br />
renovator – found a potential studio<br />
space, he decided to take it on himself.<br />
We meet him here at the finished<br />
Smallhythe Studio to find out more.<br />
“I started this with no clue,” he says<br />
with an air of nonchalance. “A really<br />
good friend of mine, Jon, came to visit<br />
it with me and we built it together.” <br />
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